“IRENA will engage governments around the world in promoting a rapid transition toward the widespread and sustainable use of renewable energy on a global scale,” Clinton said. “Our government’s participation is an important element of the Administration’s effort to support clean energy technologies and the development of low carbon economies to address global climate change and to advance our domestic and foreign policy objectives.”
Twenty-one other countries joined the United States in signing the IRENA statute June 29. They are Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Gabon, Japan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Maldives, Malta, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Zimbabwe. The agency now includes 136 signatory nations.