Pardee Researchers Publish Op-Eds on IRENA and Cancún

Pardee Center Director Prof. Adil Najam and Pardee Fellow Dr. Miquel Muñoz published respective op eds on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Change negotiations in Cancún.

Professor Najam’s op ed, titled Renewing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has been published in the blog Triple Crisis, and can be accessed here. In his piece, Prof. Najam highlights the opportunity provided by the change of leadership at IRENA, with Kenyan development economist and seasoned UN official Adnan Amin now at the helm. He outlines key challenges for IRENA, including internal management, ratification by parties, mission clarity and focus on developing countries.

Dr. Muñoz piece, titled Clouds over Cancún?, has been published in English in the blog Triple Crisis (English)  and Foro participativo sobre el cambio climático y el comercio (Spanish), and can be accessed here [Spanish English]. In his piece, Dr. Muñoz reviews the history of climate negotiations to explain why the lack of agreement in Cancún, following the failure in Copenhagen, will likely lock the world in another “lost decade” of sterile climate change negotiations.