Beijing’s
sign-off
represents
a
“major
step
toward
universal
membership
for
the
agency”,
Irena
says,
lifting
the
number
of
participating
countries
to
160.
Only
a
handful
of
large
economies,
including
Canada,
Russia
and
Brazil,
have
not
yet
signed
on
or
indicated
their
future
support.
The
US
did
not
ratify
its
own
membership
until
2011.
But
all
the
remaining
non-participants
pale
in
comparison
to
China
in
terms
of
their
gravitas
within
the
global
renewables
sector.
In
addition
to
being
the
home
of
many
of
the
world’s
largest
solar
and
wind
manufacturers,
China
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