Francesco La Camera

At-a-Glance

Current Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), re-appointed for a second term in 2023.
Served as Director-General of Sustainable Development, Environmental Damage, EU and International Affairs at the Italian Ministry of Environment, Land and Sea from 2014.
Led the Italian delegation to UNFCCC’s COP 21 to 24 and the EU Presidency at COP 20.
Responsible for the preparation and organisation of Italy’s G7 Environment Presidency in 2017.
Lecturer of Sustainable Development at the University of Cosenza and Environment & Land Economics at the University of Roma 3.
Author of many publications.

Biography

Francesco La Camera serves as the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), an appointment he received from the Ninth Assembly of IRENA on January 13, 2019. He was re-appointed for a second four-year term by the 13th IRENA Assembly on January 15, 2023.

Prior to his role at IRENA, Mr.