Clean Energy Ministerial

The CEM is a partnership of the world's leading economies working together to accelerate the implementation of clean energy technologies. It supports a broad range of clean energy policy and technology activities that together improve energy efficiency, expand clean energy supply, support energy systems transformation, and enhance human capacity. The CEM pairs political engagement among energy ministers at an annual Ministerial meeting with year-round technical initiatives and campaigns. Christian Zinglersen was appointed the first Head of Secretariat in 2017. Zinglersen was replaced by Daniel Dorner in May 2020, who held the position until December 2022. The current head of secretariat is Jean-François Gagné. == Ministerial meetings ==

The CEM ministerial policy dialogue is the only regular meeting of energy ministers focused exclusively on clean energy. The host of the Ministerial meeting changes each year among member governments. • CEM1, 2010: United States • CEM2, 2011: United Arab Emirates • CEM3, 2012: United Kingdom • CEM4, 2013: India • CEM5, 2014: South Korea • CEM6, 2015: Mexico • CEM7, 2016: San Francisco, United States • CEM8, 2017: China • CEM9, 2018: European Commission together with Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland • CEM10, 2019: Canada • CEM11, 2020: Saudi Arabia • CEM12, 2021: Chile • CEM13, 2022: Pittsburgh, United States • CEM14, 2023: Goa, India • CEM15, 2024: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Since 2016, Mission Innovation, a technology R&D ministerial forum, is co-located with the CEM meetings. == Initiatives of the Clean Energy Ministerial ==

CEM Initiatives are the sustained collaborative efforts established and led by CEM Members to advance clean energy policy and technology. A minimum of three members are required to participate in the work of the Initiatives may take a wide variety of forms, based on the interests of Members. While CEM initiatives are led by CEM members, participation in initiatives is open to any country. Participation across all CEM initiatives is voluntary and commitments are non-binding for participating members. Initiatives primarily target governmental participation but may include private-sector participation. In addition to the sustained, long term collaborative efforts in the form of CEM initiatives, the platform also offers a set of Campaigns which are aimed to raise the level of ambition of global deployment targets of key clean energy solutions. Campaigns are short duration, lasting 2-3 years to garner the necessary political momentum on specific topics. While there are 29 CEM Member governments, there are currently an additional 26 other governments who participate in the various initiatives of the CEM. The initiatives and campaigns of the CEM span a wide range of topics, ranging from power system transformations to clean fuels, such as bioenergy and hydrogen, and energy demand sectors such as industry, transport and buildings. Other enablers of clean energy transition such as policy, clean energy finance. Gender equality and issues of just transition also feature as CEM initiatives under the Empowering Society work stream. Initiatives are led by, and participated in, by CEM member governments. Coordination of the initiatives is typically carried out by organizations working on behalf of the governments as operating agents. For example, the Industrial Deep Decarbonisation Initiative (IDDI) is coordinated by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the secretariat is housed in UNIDO's headquarters in Vienna, Austria As of March 2023, there were 21 CEM initiatives and campaigns. == Past initiatives and campaigns ==

Past initiatives include: • Combined Heat and Power and Efficient District Heating and Cooling Working Group • Cool Roofs and Pavements Working Group • Sectoral Working Group • Bioenergy Working Group • Sustainable Development of Hydropower ==References==