Dr Xavier Garcia Casals

Senior Expert on Energy Transition at the International Renewable Energy Agency

Dr. Xavier Garcia-Casals is Senior Expert on the Energy Transition at the Policy Unit from the International Renewable Energy Agency’s Knowledge Policy and Finance Centre, where he focuses on the socio-economic impact of energy transition, ie how the transition will impact upon ordinary people and the communities of which they are part.

Over the last 30 years Xavier has been working on the technical, economic, policy and social dimensions of the energy transition. He is a global expert on the political, economic and policy implications of the energy transition and on the requirements for the structures needed to enable and support the move to net zero. 

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is a lead global intergovernmental agency for energy transformation that serves as the principal platform for international cooperation, supports countries in their energy transitions, and provides state of the art data and analyses on technology, innovation, policy, finance and investment. IRENA drives the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, including bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean, solar and wind energy in the pursuit of sustainable development, energy access, and energy security, for economic and social resilience and prosperity and a climate-proof future.

IRENA’s membership comprises 167 countries and the EU. Together, they decide on the Agency’s strategic direction and programmatic activities, in line with the global energy discourse and priorities to accelerate the deployment of renewables-based energy transitions worldwide.