Chemicals and Waste
Land and Agriculture
Climate and Atmosphere
Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
The energy transmitted from the sun in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The most successful examples of energy extraction from the sun so far are solar cells and solar collectors used to heat water. (Source: GEMET/MGH / ALL)
Hierarchy
Broader: Renewable energy
In other languages
French
énergie solaire
Russian
солнечная энергия
Spanish
energía solar
Arabic
طاقة شمسية
Explore content
Follow up the links below to see InforMEA content related to Solar energy coming up
from several external sources.
Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Solar energy
You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to
view the content tagged with
Solar energy. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
![]() |
Barcelona Convention | 1 decision |
![]() |
United Nations Environment Assembly | 1 decision |