Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies

The Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies programme works with specific emerging economies to implement actions to fulfil global clean energy and climate targets in line with the Paris agreement.  Currently, the IEA is delivering the second edition of the programme (CETEE-2). It builds on the results and the success of activities implemented between 2020 and 2022, and it provides support and analysis in the following interrelated components: improved data and statistics, decarbonisation of the power sector with renewables, investment and financing in climate-resilient energy assets and infrastructure, and innovation and partnerships for clean energy transitions.

This page presents the results of both editions of the Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies programme.The intended specific objectives of the programme are to:

• Strengthen the quality and accessibility of official government data and statistics by developing innovative and timely indicators of progress on clean energy transitions, to improve capabilities for data analysis and enable evidence-based policy action;
• Expand analysis and modelling to empower policy makers, regulators and system operators in priority countries and regions to take better decisions to support a secure and cost-effective decarbonisation of the power sector;
• Work with priority countries to reduce investment risk and improve cost of capital and financing options, and to help attract investment and improve affordability and the scale of renewable energy sources and their flexibility, while considering potential physical climate risks;
• Map the global landscape of clean energy innovation through better data, and derive policy implications and recommendations that are relevant to different national contexts to encourage innovation for the promotion of clean energy technologies and related investments;
• Create more effective knowledge and information sharing, increase collaboration between experts across priority countries and share relevant global expertise to enable stronger domestic policy action as well as strengthen international energy and climate plans and multilateral efforts.

The Programme contributes to and is carried out in coordination with the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Programme (CETP), which includes a broader set of activities and a larger number of focus target countries. The CETP leverages the IEA’s unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to accelerate global clean-energy transitions, particularly in major emerging economies. CETP activities include collaborative analytical work, technical cooperation, training and capacity building and strategic dialogues.