Australia joins new global electrification initiative with Canada and UK

The Australian goverment has formally committed Australia to a new global electrification initiative called Electrify Now, which was launched as part of London Climate Action Week (20-28 June 2026).

Australia did so, in unison with Canada and the United Kingdom (UK), which reiterated their mutual commitment to the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and to the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen was joined in making the commitment formal, by Canada Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Nature Julie Dabrusin, and the UK Minister for Climate Katie White.

A joint statement said the countries mutually recognized the immediacy with which they must act to secure a clean energy future, following a prolonged period of global disruptions to energy security, markets and supply chains.

“We affirm that accelerating the clean energy transition, and shifting from fossil fuels to clean electricity, will greatly reduce exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets and improve long-term energy supply resilience, affordability, and economic competitiveness. Accelerating the deployment of clean energy also has tangible health and safety benefits, reducing respiratory illness and the need for public resources to treat them,” the joint statement said.

Collectively, the three nations installed around 12 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2025 alone.

Electrify Now is a global response to the energy crisis and fossil fuel volatility and aims to accelerate clean electrification.

The first coalition of Electrify Now also includes the European Commission, Brazil, Türkiye, Ethiopia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, the International Energy Agency, and the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Electrify Now will facilitate practical exchanges, showcase replicable national and regional initiatives, and help mobilize investment, focusing on scaling clean power generation aand resilient supply chains, modernizing grids and expanding storage, plus accelerating the electrification of industry, buildings and transport.

The group will be a vehicle to advance on the COP31 Presidency’s new global target to raise electrification to 35% of final energy demand by 2035.

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