The International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) urged governments and corporations to “turn commitments into action” as the Paris Agreement, a pact among 200 nations to work towards capping global temperature increases at 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, came into force.

Irena director general Adnan Amin congratulated “those whose leadership made this a reality” but cautioned today marked only the start to a momentous shift in emissions reduction as the world transitioned from fossil fuel power generation to renewables.

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