UK, Brazil and 10 other countries have signed on to a new initiative to support renewable power project development in both developed and developing countries.
The Global Clean Power Alliance, launched during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by UK prime minister Keir Starmer, aims to have countries share expertise to meet UN Cop 28 climate summit commitments to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency.
The alliance will "... accelerate the transition to clean energy, reduce energy bills, increase energy security and reduce emissions around the world," Starmer told journalists at the G20 summit.
Among the first of several 'missions' the alliance will tackle to address energy transition challenges will be the finance mission, which will co-chaired by Brazil. It will "harness the political leadership needed to unlock private finance on a huge scale, so that no developing country is left behind," the UK said.
"Brazil signing up to our finance mission is a huge vote of confidence ahead of the crucial Cop 30 summit in Belem next year," British energy minister Ed Miliband said.
Other alliance members are Australia, Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Tanzania, the African Union. The US and the EU are also expected to join the initiative.
