Female Micro-preneurs Fighting Poverty with Clean Energy
How can women in India and Nepal be empowered as micro-entrepreneurs to combat poverty, promote gender equality, and increase access to renewable energy?
COP Out! Big Oil Drowns Out Increasingly Desperate Nations
The COP29 summit in Baku highlighted significant gaps between climate ambitions and real-world outcomes, focusing on the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance. Despite raising the annual climate finance target to $300 billion, the amount falls far short of the $3 trillion needed annually for a global low-carbon transition. The summit's outcomes were criticized for insufficient transparency, inefficiencies in fund deployment, and disproportionate influence from 1,770 fossil fuel lobbyists overshadowing climate-vulnerable nations. Key challenges include bureaucratic delays, opaque financial tracking, and inadequate representation of underprivileged nations in negotiations. Critics emphasized the need for stringent conflict-of-interest policies to curb fossil fuel lobbying, alongside transparent Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to ensure accountability in climate finance. While the NCQG presents an opportunity to mobilize global partnerships and private investment, its success hinges on equitable representation, robust monitoring, and effective disbursement. Without these, COP risks failing to meet its mission of achieving meaningful climate action.
Gender Inclusivity and Environmental Innovation in East Africa’s Renewable Sector
Catrine Shroff, an anthropologist turned entrepreneur, is transforming communities through her renewable energy initiative, Mwangaza Light. This venture meets the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions and promotes gender inclusivity in a sector ripe for growth. Her story is a powerful example of how distributed renewable energy can be a catalyst for community development and a center of opportunity for women in marginalized regions of the world.
Is access to mini-grids for productive use translating to improved lives for end users? What does this journey look like for customers who gain access to energy?
In our latest Power for All Podcast, we delve into making farming more productive and sustainable through renewable energy technologies. Our guest, Michael Maina from CLASP, discusses Productive Use of Energy (PUE) technologies in agriculture, including solar water pumps, walk-in cold rooms, refrigerators, and egg incubators.
In Ethiopia, Power For All has entered into a pivotal partnership with the Ethiopian Solar Energy Development Association (ESEDA). As part of this collaboration, Power For All is set to provide Technical Assistance to revise the customs handbook that was initially developed by ACE-TAF two years ago.
LONDON November 14, 2023 - In a significant recognition of its innovative efforts in renewable energy, Power for All’s Utilities 2.0 Project has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Ashden Award for Integrated Energy Africa. This accolade is a part of the globally acclaimed Ashden Awards, which acknowledge organizations at the forefront of tackling the world’s most pressing climate challenges.
Campaign calls for the Global North to expedite renewable energy access for Global South farmers, supporting a fair energy transition in agriculture.
Some of the upcoming events we will be attending:
Step into the energy future of Uganda's maize sector with our video, showcasing the impact of decentralized renewable energy (DRE). Understand how DRE is not just enhancing efficiency but also transforming the lives of smallholder farmers, forging a path to a more sustainable and equitable future.