Clean Energy Ministerial

The EV30@30 campaign was launched at the 8th CEM in June 2017 with the goal of accelerating the deployment of electric vehicles with a target of at least 30 percent new electric vehicle sales by 2030. The campaign totaled 13 member countries and 23 supporting companies and organisations.

The campaign supported the market for electric passenger cars, light commercial vans, buses and trucks (including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicle types). It also worked towards the deployment of charging infrastructure to supply sufficient power to the vehicles deployed.

The campaign has been phased out at CEM13, in Pittsburgh.

The mission of the Biofuture Campaign was to enable the reduction of GHG emissions and foster a circular economy by showcasing pathways by which countries, companies, and consumers can substitute sustainable bio- and waste-based Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials for their fossil equivalents. Efforts in hard-to-abate sectors of the economy, such as aviation, construction, maritime, mining, and road transport, have be strongly promoted in close cooperation and partnership with the private sector. 

To foster ambition and catalyze action, the Biofuture Campaign developed and implement the Bio-based Substitution Challenge, whose signatories aspired to substitute bio- and waste-based Fuels, Chemicals, and Materials for 10% of their fossil carbon equivalent in relevant sectors and products by 2030, relative to a 2019 baseline.

This campaign was graduated at CEM15.

The Power System Flexibility Campaign sought to help governments and industries accelerate system transformation by increasing flexibility across all elements of the power system, while contributing to cost-efficient and reliable electricity supply. 

This campaign graduated at GCEAF (CEM13/MI7) in 2022 after four successful years. A special thanks to China, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden for leading this work and assisting governments and industries to accelerate system transformation by increasing flexibility across all elements of the power system, helping to cut costs and boost reliability. This work will carry on in the CEM’s International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), a joint CEM initiative and IEA Technology Collaboration Project.

The CEM Investment and Finance initiative (CEM-IF) aimed to support energy ministries of CEM countries in developing policies and enabling frameworks conducive to mobilizing investment and financing, particularly from private sources, for deployment of clean energy at scale.

It sought to address issues across the value chain, with a focus on “upstream” policies and regulations that influence the attractiveness of clean energy investments as well as the supply of finance to realize them, plus “downstream” business and financing models, risk mitigation and transactional tools that can facilitate development and financing of investable projects. It aimed to create a unique partnership model, bringing together diverse capabilities and insights of governments, technical partners, public and commercial financial institutions, investors and industry.

This workstream was graduated at CEM16 in 2025.