Whew, another COP down. But don’t worry if you missed COP29 in Azerbaijan or are disappointed with the outcome. Prep is already underway for COP30 in Brazil next fall.

Or maybe you missed the G20 and G7 summits. Or the IMF-World Bank’s Spring Meetings and Annual Meetings. Or the annuals for each of the regional development banks. Or the UN General Assembly, New York Climate Week, London Climate Action Week, or the many, many other summits and conferences all around clean energy that took place in 2024.

For the true Clean Energy Road Warrior, we tallied all the days spent at 30 such events in 2024. If you went to them all, you’d have just 68 working days left. Add four weeks of vacation (more for Europeans) and a few sick days, and you’re down to about 45 days left to do a year’s work.

That’s a lot of meetings. No wonder everyone seems exhausted.

Note on our count: We counted all working days of a summit that took place in 2024, plus one day on either end for travel, unless it fell on a weekend or holiday. The tally includes:

• World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos, Jan 15-19
• World Sustainable Development Summit, New Delhi, Feb 7-1
• 50th Anniversary of the International Energy Agency, Paris, Feb 13-14
• Future of Energy Summit, Amsterdam, Feb 29-Mar 1
• 9th Powering Africa Summit, Washington DC Mar 5-6
• Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meeting, Punta Cana, Mar 6-10
• Energy Transition Summit, London, Mar 10-12
• Transforming Energy Access Forum, Kigali, Mar 13-14
• CERAWeek, Houston, Mar 18-22
• UNGA Sustainability Week, New York, Apr 15-19
• World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings, Washington, April 15-20
• 26th World Energy Congress, Rotterdam, Apr 22-25
• Renewable Energy Markets, Houston, Apr 29-30
• Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Tbilisi, May 4-7
• Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, Paris, May 14
• All-Energy, Glasgow, May 15-16
• IEA 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, Nairobi, May 21-22
• African Development Bank Annual Meeting, Nairobi, May 27-31
• Asia Clean Energy Forum, Manila, June 3-7
• G7 Summit, Borgo Egnazia, June 13-15
• London Climate Action Week, London, June 22-30
• ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum, New York, July 8-17
• Innovate 4 Climate, Berlin, Sept 10-12
• UNGA/Climate Week, New York, Sept 23-27
• Clean Energy Ministerial/Mission Innovation, Foz do Iguaçu, Sept 30-Oct 4
• Global Off-grid Solar Forum and Expo 2024, Nairobi, Oct 8-10
• World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings, Washington, Oct 21-26
• COP29, Baku, Nov 11-22
• G20 Summit, Rio, Nov 18-19
• UNCCD Conference of the Parties 16th session, Riyadh, Dec 2-13
• West African Energy Cooperation Summit, Dec 3-5
• Africa Investment Forum Market Days, Dec 4-6