The European Commission has welcomed the decision by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to elect the European candidate, Francesco La Camera from Italy, as its new Director-General. The election took place in the context of the 9th session of IRENA’s annual assembly in Abu Dhabi, at which Dominique Ristori, Director-General for Energy of the European Commission, represented the EU.

According to the European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete: “The election of a European candidate for this important organisation demonstrates our leadership in the global world of renewables.”

IRENA is an intergovernmental organisation with 160 member countries. The organisation's role is to support the acceleration of renewable energy around the world by providing technical assistance, policy support and new data and analysis to governments. In the EU, IRENA played an important role in the assessment of Europe's cost-competitive potential for renewables by 2030.

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