Bonn, 13 December 2025 (WWEA) – A decade ago, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, governments from around the world made a historic commitment to confront climate change. The outcome was the Paris Agreement, a landmark accord that set the global course toward effective climate action.
In the years since, many countries have strengthened their ambitions and policies to address the climate crisis. Renewable energy was already expanding before Paris, but the Agreement provided critical momentum. Today, the majority of global energy-related investment is flowing into renewable technologies. While climate mitigation is not the sole driver of this shift, it has become an increasingly powerful force behind it.
The Paris Agreement was forged at a time when international cooperation through consensus, though challenging, was still possible. Ten years later, the global landscape has changed profoundly. Achieving universal agreement on phasing out fossil fuels now appears far more difficult. In some regions, renewable energy deployment is being delayed, obstructed, or even restricted, while the fossil fuel industry has gained new allies. Alarmingly, conflicts over fossil resources have once again intensified.
Against this backdrop, the transition to a renewable energy future is more urgent than ever. Climate protection, affordable energy, and global peace all demand a rapid transformation of energy systems worldwide. Despite mounting challenges, progress in renewable energy continues and, in many parts of the world, remains unstoppable.
WWEA therefore calls on all like-minded governments, businesses, communities, and citizens to work together to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy—for our future, for shared prosperity, and for the people of planet Earth.
