The Global Renewables Alliance (GRA) has launched a global coalition and a new Brazilian mobilisation committee aimed at coordinating private sector support for Brazil’s COP30 Presidency and accelerating the global energy transition.
The initiatives, unveiled in advance of the 2025 UN climate summit to be hosted in Belém, are intended to highlight business leadership in expanding renewable energy deployment and supporting climate goals. They also align with international efforts to implement the COP28 target of tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.
“The GRA COP30 Coalition is extremely important,” said COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago. “Because in Brazil we know how viable renewables are, and above all, the economic logic of renewables which we have to promote.”
Corrêa do Lago added: “Brazil is proof that a developing country can deploy renewables in an extremely efficient manner, in an absolute secure way, and also, with a price that is absolutely competitive.”
The Brazilian Renewable Energy Mobilisation Committee will bring together CEOs and senior leaders from domestic and international companies operating in Brazil’s renewables sector. The group will offer policy, technical, and strategic guidance to support Elbia Gannoum, president of the Brazilian Wind Energy Association and Brazil’s special envoy for energy to COP30, who will chair the committee.
“It is time for us, as renewable energy investors, to demonstrate how we can contribute to achieving the energy transition goals,” Gannoum said. “We are ready, we have the structure and we have the means.”
GRA chair and Global Wind Energy Council CEO Ben Backwell called Brazil a “global leader in renewable energy, with a strong diplomatic track record and the unique potential to deliver concrete progress that can inspire and guide the rest of the world.”
Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), described the energy transition as “unstoppable,” but emphasised the need for urgency and collaboration. “COP30 will be a crucial moment in this global effort. And we are fully aware that without the private sector, we will not succeed,” he said.
The new coalition will focus on showcasing industry best practices and advancing key policy areas, including transmission and storage infrastructure, permitting reforms, and renewable energy financing.
“COP30 in Brazil is a unique opportunity to drive real, lasting change,” said GRA CEO Bruce Douglas. “Businesses know that tripling renewables is the way forward – to deliver secure energy, create jobs, and drive sustainable economic growth.
