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Dolf Gielen, Director of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Innovation and Technology Centre joins our Research Director Richard Howard for this week\u2019s Energy Unplugged podcast. Dolf has been with IRENA for over 10 years, having previously been Chief of the Energy Efficiency and Policy Unit at UNIDO, and spending a number of years with IEA \u2013 starting as a Senior Energy Analyst and being promoted to Project Head of Energy Technology Scenarios.\n\nHe has a strong engineering background, following his degree in Chemical Engineering with an MA in Environmental Sciences and a PhD in Energy and Materials Modelling. \n\nThe interview covers a breadth of key market concerns around decarbonisation, focusing initially on IRENA's flagship publication setting out the pathway for a 1.5 degrees celsius ambition and closely examining the key issues and opportunities en route. \n\nThe chat takes a deep dive into:\n\n\u2022\tWhat we need to achieve\n\u2022\tHitting the targets by 2050 \u2013 what we can do with what we have, and the importance of joined-up thinking, including:\no\tInterconnection\no\tFlexibility\no\tRetrofit\no\tCarbon Capture and Storage \n\u2022\tand crucially includes for the burning hot topics of the sector: 'kalte dunkelflaute' and green hydrogen