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COP30 Yellow Book

The COP30 Yellow Book charts how Australia became the world leader in rooftop solar (per capita) with rapidly increasing home battery storage.

It explains the Solar Citizens’ Raise the Roof initiative, which calls on the Australian Government and nations across the Asia-Pacific region to make a ‘Rooftop Solar Pledge’ at COP31, aligned to their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and to fulfil the pledge made at COP28 in Dubai to double renewables and triple energy efficiency.

A Rooftop Solar Pledge for Australia

Solar Citizens is calling on the Federal Government to double Australia’s rooftop solar capacity to 54 GW by 2035, backed by storage. To achieve this, the pledge focuses on three key priorities:

  1. Unlocking Solar for Renters – Expanding incentives and financing options so renters and landlords can share in solar savings.
  2. Unlocking Solar for Big Roofs – Empowering commercial and industrial buildings to host large rooftop systems that share clean power with surrounding communities.
  3. Activating Urban Renewable Energy Zones (UREZs) – Creating local clean-energy hubs where households and businesses can generate, store, and share renewable electricity.

Global Rooftop Solar Pledge

Rooftop solar and battery storage are already the lowest-cost forms of new energy generation across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, yet access remains uneven and many nations lack the policies, funding commitments and partnerships needed to scale household renewables equitably. The Raise the Roof campaign calls for nations across the APAC region to follow Australia’s lead and commit to a Rooftop Solar Pledge by COP31, that is ambitious, achievable and measurable. 

Rooftop Solar Alliance

Solar Citizens invites other civil society groups to join a Rooftop Solar Alliance—a collaborative network supporting nations to adopt their own Rooftop Solar Pledges. Together, Alliance members will share expertise, coordinate advocacy, and build political momentum to integrate rooftop solar and storage into national climate commitments at COP31.