From the ground up: Translating Compacts to Implementation
June 23, 2021 Private sector plays a vital role in supporting the energy access ecosystem, including governments, national utilities, and the communities themselves. In the spirit of supporting the UN High Level Dialogue on Energy and the call to action to accelerate the end of energy poverty by 2030, Power for All hosted a side event on incorporating distributed renewable energy in national energy sector plans.
Featuring experts from key sector leadership organizations, African Minigrid Developer’s Association, CLASP, Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, Power for All and Shortlist, the dialogue focused both on the key technologies that can help countries achieve compact goals, as well as key aspects critical for sector success, including policy, finance and market activation. Click here to Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwKaUgiF1MM
UN Food Systems Summit Social Media Takeover
June 25, 2021 Power for All hosted a successful social media takeover of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Twitter account. This was a great opportunity for the decentralized renewable energy (DRE) sector to strengthen the voice of the DRE community within the broader agriculture and food sectors ahead of the UNFSS, but also the High Level Dialogue on Energy and COP26.
Agri-Renewables for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus
June 15, 2021 Power for All chief campaign officer William Brent participated in a webinar, Agri-Renewables for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus organized by IRENA. The webinar gathered members of the IRENA Coalition for Action and invited experts in the field to discuss the benefits of agri-renewable solutions to jointly advance food security and energy transitions. Findings from the webinar will form the basis of a Coalition for Action technical brief that will help guide ongoing discussions on the topic in the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit and High-Level Dialogue on Energy in September 2021.
Stakeholder Meeting on Clean Energy Cooling Hubs
June 14, 2021 Power for All, African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain, FAO and UNEP hosted a stakeholder meeting to brief interested countries on a Clean Energy Cooling Hubs concept that has emerged as a potential "gamechanger" in the UN Food Systems Summit process.