Author: Lucia Lenci
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Live Q&A: Financing a Green COVID-19 Recovery in the Off-Grid Solar Sector
Date: April 27, 2021 Time: 9 am EDT | 1 pm GMT | 4 pm EAT Location: Virtual event Registration: Please register here. The Efficiency for Access Live Q&A will discuss the importance of financing a green recovery through a conversation with investment and industry experts on Tuesday, 27 April. The panellists will take a look back at…
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Webinar: AEEP Energy Talks – Empowered Actors of Change
Date: April, 28 2021 Time: 14:00 – 15:45 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register here. (CLOSED) The AEEP Energy Talks are a monthly webinar series organised by the Secretariat of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) providing energy policymakers, experts and stakeholders with a bicontinental platform to exchange insights on emerging energy transition topics. To highlight and address the gender issues in the…
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Sheila Oparaocha awarded the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy’s Carnot Prize
Our International Coordinator and Program Manager, Sheila Oparaocha, has won the Sixth Annual Carnot Prize issued by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania for her distinguished contributions to energy policy. The Carnot Prize is named in memory of the French scientist and father of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot, who recognized that…
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Workshop: Energy transition through the lens of gender equality
Date: April, 27 2021 Time: 9:15 – 12:30 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: Register to attend here. (CLOSED) – The slides are now available here. The event aims to bring together decision-makers, energy professionals and academics to discuss three main aspects of gender equality in the energy transition: 1. Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector: to…
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Webinar Series: Transitioning to Clean Cooking
Date: April 22, 2021 Time: 14:30 – 16:00 CEST Location: Virtual event. Registration: Register here (CLOSED) – The recording is now available here. This webinar focuses on conducting national health and energy assessments, by providing a tool for joint stakeholder mapping and situational assessment to inform future planning. The session will provide details on a set of…
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Webinar: Women as Catalysts in the Future of Energy Access
Date: March 18, 2021 Time: 6:30 PM in Mumbai, Kolkata, New Delhi Location: Virtual event. Watch the recording of the live stream here. Smart Power India, The Rockefeller Foundation and Power For All are hosting a webinar on “Women as Catalysts in the Future of Energy Access” on the 18th of March 2021. The event…
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Event: Building community resilience by scaling up women’s access to technologies and strengthening voice and leadership
Date: 8-12 March 2021 Location: Virtual event. Flyer of the session: here. Link to recording: here. Hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, together with the Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network Secretariat at UN Environment Programme, the 7th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum was held virtually on 8-12 March 2021 under the theme: Enabling Resilience…
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Women at the heart of energy access: ENERGIA calls for gender inclusion and equality in the energy sector
This International Women’s Day, ENERGIA and partners celebrate all the women working in the energy sector and stress once more why it is so important to include them in the energy conversation and action. Globally, 789 million people live without access to electricity and 2.8 billion lack access to clean cooking. Women are disproportionately impacted…
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Ashden Awards 2021
What are the Ashden Awards? The Ashden Awards boost outstanding climate solutions. For more than 20 years our awards have backed radical ideas delivering lower emissions and a fairer world, with grants and development support on offer to winners and finalists. Now, in a pivotal year for the future of our planet, we want to…
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Event: Empowering women and youth to accelerate the clean energy transition – Vienna Energy Transition
Date: January, 12 2021 Time: 2 pm CET Location: Virtual event. Register: (CLOSED). To access the webinar recording, please click here. This session focused on women and youth empowerment to catalyse an inclusive energy transition. The Session explored local and innovative solutions that have the power to lead a transformative change in the energy sector…
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Funding available for Women in Africa’s Renewable Energy Sector
The Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) is calling for women from across Africa’s renewable energy sector to submit applications for funding for projects. Eligibility criteria: Majority women-owned or led private sector entities that have a renewable energy project under development; and/or Private sector entities or projects whose focus is to promote economic empowerment of…
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Women’s role in the energy sector: Key take-aways from a series of three webinars on Gender and Energy Access – Part Three
On October 3, 17 and 31, ENERGIA and SEforALL’s People-Centered Accelerator, organised a three-part webinar series on Gender and Energy Access. The series focused on our five-year Gender and Energy Research programme (2014 – 2019). The last webinar included findings from our Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Programme. The research programme aimed to generate and…