Mission Innovation is a global initiative to accelerate public and private clean energy innovation to address climate change, make clean energy affordable to consumers, and create green jobs and commercial opportunities.

[1] Mission Innovation was announced at COP21 on 30 November 2015 by President Obama of the United States,[1] on behalf of the founding Governments.

[2] Also on stage for the launch was President Hollande of France and Prime Minister Modi of India.

[3] At the launch, 20 countries committed to double their respective clean energy research and development over the five years to 2020.

[1] Scientists, academics, and officials who had called for a Global Apollo Programme earlier in 2015 commented that the group should set a specific target to make clean electricity cheaper to produce than coal, preferably by 2025.