Like the Bonn renewables 2004 Conference, the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008), invited conference participants to submit voluntary pledges to advance the uptake of renewable energy in their country, region, city or through their organisation.

Voluntary pledges were solicited from conference participants representing all stakeholder groups: government (national and sub-national), international organisations, the private sector, civil society and multi-stakeholder partnerships.

Pledges took many forms including the development of policy instruments to advance the adoption of renewable energy resources and technologies, the launch of programmes to increase the deployment of renewable energy, specific targets for renewable energy to be reached in a country or a company, and many others.

All pledges are collated in the Washington International Action Programme (WIAP), which is a central outcome of WIREC 2008 and was presented in the closing session of the WIREC 2008 conference.

REN21 managed the pledge collection process and will support the WIREC organisers in following up on the pledges.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has produced analysis on the carbon dioxide savings from the WIAP pledges.

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WIAP Pledge Database and Progress Reports