Group Photo of Ministers in MI-2 In support of economic growth, energy access and security, and an urgent and lasting global response to climate change, China jointly announced Mission Innovation in 2015. This initiative can help accelerate the pace of clean energy innovation to achieve performance breakthroughs and cost reductions to provide affor…

We are in a critical decade for climate action, and we know that empowering young people around the world to lead and implement climate solutions will be essential to ensuring that the energy transition prioritizes both rapid decarbonization and global equity. At Student Energy, we see young people developing innovative solutions to complex energy …

John Loughhead, outgoing UK Chair of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee with Dr. Harsh Vardhan, India Minister of Science and Technology in Kolkata, November 2019. Credit: British Deputy High Commission Kolkata The UK was a founding member of Mission Innovation in 2015, recognising that to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement we need to ac…

The Republic of Korea joined MI in 2015 because our government is committed to executing this investment expansion plan and technology development strategy for focused areas to improve existing technology, save costs and accelerate the time-to-market. Since the launch of the MI, to refocus Korea’s energy R&D on clean energy, seven relevant go…

To respond to the Paris agreement adopted at COP21 in 2015, Japan joined MI in June 2016 to accelerate the R&D of innovative technologies for drastically reducing GHG emissions in the long-term. In April 2016, Japan has established a new national strategy, the “National Energy and Environment Innovation Strategy towards 2050 (NESTI2050)”. U…