Climate Data to Action: Enhancing Clean Energy Resilience and Mitigation with Climate Services

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(America/Belem: 19 November 2025, 10:30 - 11:30)
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This session explored how climate-informed renewable energy strategies can enhance clean energy resilience amid growing climate variability. Drawing on insights from the joint WMO–IRENA 2024 Year in Review, it examined how shifts in temperature, rainfall, and wind patterns are reshaping renewable energy generation and demand across regions. Building on this evidence, the discussion turned to how seasonal forecasts, hydrometeorological data, and regional climate services are being integrated into energy planning and risk management to anticipate and address these changing conditions. Country representatives and technical experts  shared practical lessons from implementation efforts across the full value cycle that demonstrate how climate information can be translated into actionable energy investment decisions. Finally, the session looked ahead to emerging opportunities for expanding access to climate data, closing knowledge gaps, strengthening regional collaboration, and aligning long-term energy priorities more closely with national development strategies.   

Agenda

Facilitator: Ms Danfeng Zhu, Founder of The Climate Voice Network

10:30 – 10:40 UTC-3
Opening Remarks

  • Ms Ko Barrett, Deputy Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) [video recording]
  • Ms Gauri Singh, Deputy Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)  

10:40 – 10:55 UTC-3
Keynote Speech: When Weather Shapes Power: 2024 Insights on Climate Impacts to Global Energy Systems  

  • Dr Alberto Troccoli, Co-founder and CEO of Inside Climate Service, Managing Director of the World Energy and Meteorology Council (WEMC), and Chair of the WMO Study Group on Renewable Energy Transition (online)

10:55 – 11:25 UTC-3
Panel Discussion on Weathering the Transition: Climate Impacts on Renewable Energy and Adaptation Pathways   moderated by Ms Sylvie Goyet, Deputy Coordinator and Head of Environmental Activities at the OSCE, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

  • Ms Virginie Schwarz, CEO of Météo France and Permanent Representative of France to the WMO
  • Ms Elena-Alexandra Miron, 2025 Clean Air Task Force Fellow and researcher at the Energy Policy Group (EPG) and delegate of YOUNGO
  • Mr José Ignacio Martínez Echenique, CETP Officer - Multilateral Coordination & Analysis, International Energy Agency (IEA)
  • Mr Keywan Riahi, Director of the Energy, Climate and Environment (ECE) Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
  • Mr Vincent-Henri Peuch, member of the ECMWF Directorate and Heads the ECMWF Bonn site [online]
  • Dr Imen Gherboudj, Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) [online]

11:25 – 11:30 UTC-3
Q&A and Closing

  • Dr Roberta Boscolo, Scientific Officer, WMO

Speakers

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Danfeng Zhu, Founder, The Climate Voice Network
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Ko Barrett, Deputy Secretary-General
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Gauri Singh, Deputy Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Alberto Troccoli, Co-founder and CEO of Inside Climate Service, Managing Director of the World Energy and Meteorology Council (WEMC)
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Sylvie Goyet, Deputy Co-ordinator/Head, Environmental Activities, Office of the Coordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)
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Virginie Schwarz, President and CEO, Météo France
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Elena-Alexandra Miron, 2025 Clean Air Task Force Fellow and Researcher at the Energy Policy Group (EPG)
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José Ignacio Martínez Echenique, Multilateral Policy Officer, International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Keywan Riahi, Director of the Energy, Climate and Environment (ECE) Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Vincent-Henri Peuch, Head of Site in Bonn (Germany), ECMWF
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Imen Gherboudj, Programme Officer, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
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Roberta Boscolo, Climate and Energy Lead, WMO
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