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	International Renewable Energy Agency founded in Germany an article by Good News Agency Year 10th, No 2 - 6 , February 2009 www.goodnewsagency.org The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is reality - on 26 January 2009, 75 countries signed the statute in Bonn IRENA truly came into being on January 26, 2009 at its Founding Conference in Bonn. More than 120 government delegations from across the world attended the conference and a total of 75 nations, a broad cross-section of developing and industrialized countries, signed the Agency’s statute. Many others expressed their strong commitment to IRENA’s goals and their intention to join in the near future. photo from www.irena.org The conference was chaired by Germany's Federal Environment Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, and Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. As Denmark and Spain from the outset had actively supported the preparation together with Germany, the respective Ministers, Connie Hedegaard (Danish Minister for Climate and Energy) and Miguel Sebastián Gascón (Spanish Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism) were elected Vice-Chairs.(…) Swift action has to be taken in order to change current trends in climate change. In addition to energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy will be an essential factor in mitigating climate change. (…) www.irena.org		DISCUSSION Question(s) related to this article: Despite the vested interests of companies and governments, Can we make progress toward sustainable development? * * * * * Latest reader comment: [responding to CPNN article The film 'Demain', a manifesto? Yes initiatives from the grassroots are important and necessary which will have a direct impact on the present and the future. But there are governments like India which are conscious of over exploitation of the earth’s resources and are taking suitable policy measures and also taking legal action against the exploiters. We must emphasize public transportation and reduce our dependence on individual cars even though the auto industry will not like this. Otherwise it is not demain but aujourdhui — the problems are there for us to see.
This report was posted on February 9, 2009.