A significant development at MI-3 was the launch of the eighth Innovation Challenge, on Renewable and Clean Hydrogen (IC#8). The IC#8 members have quickly commenced the development of a plan to achieve the objective of IC#8 which is to accelerate the development of a global hydrogen market by identifying and overcoming key technology barriers to […]
Spread the word! Registration still open for Mission Innovation Champions Program
The Mission Innovation Champions Program, which is looking for the next generation of innovators, is open for registrations until 10th September. If you are driving the pace of the clean energy revolution with a new technology or solution; or if you know of a researcher or innovator who is developing novel ways of making clean […]
Collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Mission Innovation – next steps and opportunities
The collaboration between MI and the World Economic Forum offers MI and its members opportunities to strengthen public private collaboration, pursue bold ideas for accelerating energy innovation, and engage in dialogue events. This builds on the outcomes of MI-3, where Cheryl Martin, the Managing Director of the Forum facilitated roundtable public-private partnership discussions on five […]
News from MI-3
Many of the memorable moments from MI-3 have been brought together in a Twitter moment including photographs and videos from the event. Interviews with #CleanEnergy leaders conducted at the event will be published on Twitter in the coming weeks, see the interviews with co-host Minister Baylan and with Christiana Figueres. Follow @MICleanEnergyRD on Twitter to hear […]
Progress and plans – news from MI-3 on the Innovation Challenges
To showcase the achievements of the Innovation Challenges (ICs), the Analysis and Joint Research Sub-Group (co-led by Canada and India) created and presented an infographic to Ministers at MI-3. These achievements were showcased and built upon at the Ministerial with the announcement of successful bids for funding, publication of reports and discussion at workshops. A […]
Innovation Priorities to Transform the Energy System – a view from IRENA
Renewable energy and energy efficiency together can provide over 90% of the energy-related CO2 emission reductions needed to deliver on the Paris agreement and limit the average global temperature rise to “well below 2°C”. However, the pace of deployment of renewable energy needs to be scaled up at least six times faster for the world to […]
Mission Innovation Champions Program now open
Are you driving the pace of the clean energy revolution with a new technology or solution? Do you know of a researcher or innovator who is developing novel ways of making clean energy cheaper and more reliable? If so, please apply or nominate any exceptional researchers to become one of the next MI Champions! […]
New addition to the Mission Innovation family
Austria joined Mission Innovation (MI) as the 24th member at MI-3 in Malmö. By joining MI, the Austrian government underpins its commitment to support the vision of MI and to accelerate the clean energy transition. Austria has a long and successful history in clean energy innovation and has already achieved a leading international position in […]
International ministerial meeting demonstrates role of Mission Innovation in accelerating clean energy revolution
Malmö, Sweden, May 23, 2018 – At the Third Mission Innovation (MI-3) Ministerial, the international community discussed bold steps to enhance public and private investment and collaboration on clean energy research and innovation. The Ministerial was co-hosted by the European Commission, together with Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Mission Innovation Ministers demonstrated significant progress by […]
Strong network supporting the development of the future grid
News from Innovation Challenge 1: Smart Grids The power of a global network is being effectively harnessed by the Smart Grids Innovation Challenge (IC#1) as evidenced by its achievements to date. Collaborative working by IC#1 members has resulted in interesting outputs and inspiring plans to achieve the goal of enabling future grids that are powered […]