About MISINMission InnovationMISIN_8540a42a-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea00Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 24 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union).Mission Innovation MinistersMission Innovation (MI) engages energy Ministers and Ministers of other sectors that play an important role in clean energy innovation. Ministers of MI members provide high-level leadership for the members’ involvement in the initiative and set priorities for MI efforts. Ministers come together annually at the MI Ministerial to assess progress and discuss with key private sector and international actors how to further accelerate innovation and bring affordable clean energy technologies to market.Angus TaylorMinister for Energy,AustraliaAndreas ReichhardtFederal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology,AustriaBento AlbuquerqueMinister of State for Mines and Energy,BrazilAmarjeet SohiMinister of Natural Resources,CanadaJuan Carlos JobetMinister of Energy,ChileWang ZhigangMinister of Science and Technology,ChinaLars Christian LilleholtMinister for Energy, Utilities and Climate,DenmarkMiguel Arias CañeteCommissioner for Climate and Energy,European CommissionCarlos MoedasCommissioner for Research, Science and Innovation,European CommissionMaroš ŠefčovičCommission Vice President for Energy Union,European CommissionKimmo TiilikainenMinister of the Environment, Energy and Housing,FinlandFrançois de RugyMinister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition,FrancePeter AltmaierFederal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy,GermanyHarsh VardhanMinister for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change,IndiaIgnasius JonanMinister of Energy and Mineral Resources,IndonesiaLuigi di MaioMinister of Economic Development, Labor and Social Policies,ItalyKajiyama HiroshiMinister of Economy, Trade and Industry,JapanPedro Joaquín ColdwellSecretary of Energy,MexicoAziz RabbahMinister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development,MoroccoEric WiebesMinister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy,NetherlandsKjell-Børge FreibergMinister of Petroleum and Energy,NorwayYunmo SungMinister of Trade, Industry and Energy,Republic of KoreaKhalid Al-FalihMinister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources,Saudi ArabiaAnders YgemanMinister for Energy and Digitalisation,SwedenSuhail Mohamed Al MazroueiMinister of Energy,United Arab EmiratesLord Duncan of SpringbankMinister for Climate Change,United KingdomRick PerrySecretary of Energy,United States of AmericaMission Innovation Steering CommitteeThe Mission Innovation (MI) Steering Committee is comprised of a sub-set of MI member representatives serving one-year, renewable terms. The Steering Committee provides high-level strategic guidance to foster implementation of the Enabling Framework and the Action Plan. The MI Steering Committee overseas the work of the Secretariat, the Analysis and Joint Research Sub-Group, the Business and Investor Engagement Sub-Group and the Ministerial Planning Team, who have responsibility for delivering specific workstreams and tasks.John LoughheadChair of MI Steering Committee - United KingdomDr. Renu SwarupVice-Chair of MI Steering Committee - Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology,IndiaRobert AndrénVice-Chair of MI Steering Committee - Swedish Energy Agency,SwedenKushla MunroDepartment of the Environment,AustraliaLinhao ChenMinistry of Science and Technology,ChinaCarlos BarríaMinistry of Energy,ChileAmanda WilsonDepartment of Natural Resources,CanadaPatrick ChildDirectorate-General for Research and Innovation,European CommissionAlice VieillefosseMinistry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition,FranceYousef Al HafedhKing Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology,Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCarlos Ortiz GómezMinistry of Energy,MexicoTheodore J. GarrishDepartment of Energy,United StatesMission Innovation SecretariatThe Mission Innovation (MI) Secretariat provides a stable, long-term resource to drive forward MI activities and achieve the vision and impact described in the Enabling Framework and the Action Plan through the use of collaborative, transparent and creative approaches. All Secretariat functions and tasks are delivered in close consultation and through recommendations from the MI Steering Committee.Activities include:* Supporting the MI Steering Committee (MISC), members and the MI Sub-Groups with the advice, evidence and structures to work effectively together to deliver tangible outcomes.* Delivering the tools that enable the whole initiative to maximise the impacts of its activities including through communications, knowledge brokering and building coalitions.* Tracking progress towards the delivery of the Action Plan, developing new initiatives that raise ambition, and generating excitement around emerging innovations.Jennie DodsonHead of MI Secretariat,United KingdomSharon KearneyOperations Manager,European CommissionLindsay BrownCommunications Manager,CanadaJulie AndersonCommunications Support and Sub-Group Liaison - MPT,CanadaCathy ChenSub-Group Liaison - AJR,CanadaHelen FaircloughCommunications and Operations Support,United KingdomIrmgard HeroldIdeas and innovators and Communications Support,AustriaJia ZhangBeyond 2020 Support,ChinaMission Innovation MembersThese 25 members have committed to seek to double public investment in clean energy RD&D and are engaging with the private sector, fostering international collaboration and celebrating innovators.European CommissionAustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChileChinaDenmarkEuropean UnionFinlandFranceGermanyIndiaIndonesiaItalyJapanMexicoMoroccoNetherlandsNorwayRepublic of KoreaSaudi ArabiaSwedenUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesMISIN CollaboratorsBreakthrough Energy CoalitionThe Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC) is an international group of investors, companies, funds and banks committed to accelerating the commercialization of new reliable and affordable energy technologies that can help tackle climate change. The BEC believes that forging deep partnerships between its members and governments will lead to more investments earlier, and more energy solutions for more people faster. The BEC was launched at COP 21 in 2015 alongside Mission Innovation (MI). At the One Planet Summit in December 2017, Bill Gates, on behalf of the BEC, announced a set of pilot partnerships with five MI members (Canada, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, and the European Commission), representing a new approach to public-private collaboration that aims to catalyse more investment in low-carbon technology companies and innovators. Find out more about MI’s private sector engagement work.Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and EnergyThe Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) is the largest global alliance for city climate leadership, uniting a global coalition of over 9,200 cities and local governments and the global and local city networks that support them. The cities and partners of GCoM share a long-term vision of supporting voluntary local action to combat climate change and moving towards a resilient and low-emission society. The GCoM alliance elevates city climate leadership and enables strategic and innovative partnerships to mobilize the resources that cities require to fully realize their ambition in the areas of research, data, finance, and communications. GCoM’s Innovate4cities initiative identifies specific data, information and technology priorities and works with governments, academia, business, and other partners to drive investment in these areas. Led by a Board co-chaired by UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Action, Michael R. Bloomberg, and European Commission Vice President, Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-Chair Christiana Figueres, and 10 Mayors representing city network partners and each of 10 global regions, the coalition comprises cities across 6 continents and 132 countries, representing over 800 million people or more than 10% of the global population. Read more about GCoM’s collaboration with MI in the Letter of Intent signed at the fourth MI Ministerial.International Energy AgencyThe International Energy Agency (IEA) is the leading provider of energy data, rigorous analysis, and real-world solutions for energy transitions around the world, and has promoted and helped guide energy innovation in a variety of ways over its 45-year history. In February 2019, the IEA launched a new web portal to serve as a global go-to resource for governments, companies and others parties seeking information about innovation across a full range of clean-energy technologies. The Innovation web portal includes global RD&D investment levels from public and private sources, detailed technology analysis, identification of innovation gaps, analysis by country, and innovation partnerships (such as the IEA’s Technology Collaboration Programmes, TCPs). Details of the enhanced collaboration between MI and the IEA can be found in the Letter of Intent signed at the third MI Ministerial.International Renewable Energy AgencyThe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, and serves as the principal platform for international collaboration, a centre of excellence, and a repository of policy, technology, resource and financial knowledge on renewable energy. IRENA and Mission Innovation agree to develop a process of collaboration, building on synergies in their respective areas of work. It is intended that this collaboration should strengthen global renewable energy innovation efforts and accelerate innovation through more effective policies and greater cross-border collaboration. Read more in the Letter of Intent on Collaboration signed at the third MI Ministerial.World Bank GroupThe World Bank Group (WBG) is one of the largest providers of finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in developing and middle-income countries. As per the Letter of Intent announced at the fourth MI Ministerial, the WBG and MI plan to strengthen collaboration on clean energy innovation topics of mutual interest based on three pillars: Collaboration around specific innovation topics; Insights and analysis; and Communication. In particular, the WBG, together with MI and 28 other organizations, has established the Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) to help develop and adapt energy storage solutions tailored to the needs of developing countries.World Economic ForumThe World Economic Forum (WEF) is the international organisation for public-private cooperation. Collaboration between the public and private sectors is an effective method for accelerating innovation. MI is collaborating with WEF to drive private sector involvement, public-private partnerships, and knowledge-sharing around public-private research and technology development. The collaboration increases the relevance and impact of the private sector on MI members’ clean energy RD&D investments, helping to unlock the technology breakthroughs in cost and performance needed to revolutionize energy systems throughout the world. Details of the collaboration between MI and the World Economic Forum can be found in the Letter of Collaboration signed at the second MI Ministerial.Clean, affordable energy_8540a556-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea00To accelerate clean energy innovation_8540a632-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea00InnovationThe power of innovation – driven by sustained public investment coupled with business leadership – can make clean energy widely affordable and bring fledgling ideas into the mainstream.InvestmentLeadershipEnergyMake clean energy widely affordable_8540a736-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea00IdeasBring fledgling ideas into the mainstream_8540a7ea-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea001ProgressAssess progress towards achieving the goals set out in the MI Action Plan._8540a89e-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea002MI SecretariatThe Tracking Progress workstream of Mission Innovation (MI) is led by the MI Secretariat with the aim of assessing progress towards achieving the goals set out in the MI Action Plan and the Delivering the Action Plan 2018-2020 document. This work consists of a number of different activities.ImpactTrack the impact of MI_8540a95c-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea002.1A founding principle of MI was the commitment by all members to seek to double their clean energy RD&D investments by 2020/21 in selected priority areas. Each member — according to its own priorities, policies, processes, and laws — independently determines the best use of its RD&D funding and defines its own RD&D priorities and path to reach the doubling goal.MI members are delivering on their commitments: reported RD&D investments have increased by USD 1 billion in the first year, by over USD 3 billion in the second year of MI, and by USD 4.6 billion in the third year. The third-year increase corresponds to a 55% increase in investment above the baselines of those MI members that reported. Find out more about our members’ doubling efforts and about MI’s impact to date.In addition, MI is increasingly functioning as a “global hub” in catalysing new international collaboration activities: more than 59 new international collaborative initiatives have been announced by members since the launch of MI, particularly to support the implementation of the eight Innovation Challenges.RD&DEnhance existing data collection of member spending on clean energy RD&D_8540aa74-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea002.2Tracking public clean energy RD&D expenditures enables members to demonstrate their commitment to innovation and the clean energy transition, while detailed national expenditures by sector can help identify national research strengths and potential synergies for international cooperation. In addition, a clear picture of global clean energy RD&D portfolios supports determining whether investments correlate with the expected contributions of different sectors and technologies to carbon emission reductions, and to rebalance portfolios if needed.MI is supporting members’ efforts to improve their data collection, such as by expanding the sectoral granularity of reported data from all MI members as well as its quality. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is collaborating with the Tracking Progress team on this work strand, as set out in the Letter of Intent for collaboration between the IEA and MI signed at the 3rd MI Ministerial in May 2018.InvestmentsTrack private-sector investments_8540ab50-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea002.3Private SectorTracking private-sector investment in clean energy RD&D is of paramount importance to assess whether innovation policies are mobilising increased efforts from private companies and to ensure that innovations can advance to scale-up and deployment.In recent years, a range of analyses and methodologies (e.g. surveys, patent-based estimates, mixed approaches) have been used to estimate private RD&D investments in clean energy at a global level and their ratio to public expenditures. While there is no formal commitment by MI members to report private RD&D data, MI will compare private-sector data collection and estimation methodologies and put forward a proposal for an opt-in approach, common to all MI members, to strengthen the assessment of private RD&D investments. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre is collaborating with the Tracking Progress team on this work strand.AccelerationTrack overall progress to accelerate clean energy innovation_8540ac22-1641-11ea-a679-2d0c0d83ea002.4MI aims to accelerate cost reductions and technical improvement of existing technologies as well as help commercialise new, transformational technologies. However, establishing a statistically solid causal relationship between increased RD&D investments and cost reductions is methodologically challengingSeveral organizations working in the field of clean energy innovation already regularly collect and report cost and technical data for certain clean energy technologies (e.g. IRENA’s Renewable Energy Cost database, IEA’s Tracking Clean Energy Progress). To complement these efforts, the Tracking Progress team is investigating alternative approaches to measure the impact of increased investments on innovation performance.2019-12-04http://mission-innovation.net/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net