Focal area: Advocacy and Awareness raising
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Ministerial-level Thematic Forums side event: Advancing Energy (SDG 7) and Gender Equality (SDG 5)
The Kenya Ministry of Energy and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in partnership with ENERGIA, UNIDO, UN Women, CCA and GWNET, are pleased to invite you to the side event “Advancing Energy (SDG 7) and Gender Equality (SDG 5)” Virtual event: June 24, 2021 | 11:30 – 12:45 EST / 17:30 – 18:45 CEST…
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Event: ENERGIA invites you to join the following Gender and Energy side events
Ministries, local and national governments, private sector, civil society, youth organizations and other stakeholders will gather virtually over five days (21-25 June 2021) determined to discuss the roadmap towards achieving universal energy access by 2030 in preparation for the September UN High-level Dialogue on Energy. The Ministerial-level Thematic Forums will focus on five themes: energy…
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Event: High-Level panel on Healthy people and planet – The power of clean energy solutions for health & climate
Date: June, 15 2021 Time: 14:55 to 15:55 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: This event requires registration, please register here. During the 14th edition of the European Development Days (EDD), high-level representatives from governments, organizations and institutions will discuss how to strengthen the political support, knowledge and capacity to accelerate the adoption of clean and…
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Key Findings of the Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report
The 2021 edition of Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report monitors and assesses achievements in the global quest for universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030. The latest available data and selected energy scenarios reveal that at today’s rate of progress, the world is not on track to achieve SDG…
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2021 Tracking SDG7 Executive Summary
The 2021 edition of Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report monitors and assesses achievements in the global quest for universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030. The latest available data and selected energy scenarios reveal that at today’s rate of progress, the world is not on track to achieve SDG…
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Energizing Health: A Strategic Roadmap to promote healthier populations through clean and sustainable energy
The links between energy and health have never been more important than today. The climate crisis, which is increasingly severely impacting global public health, is at root largely an energy issue, and current projections predict further changes in our climate with increased threats to health. Clean and sustainable energy plays a crucial role in promoting…
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Sheila Oparaocha’s speech at the 2021 Carnot Prize Award Ceremony
On April 30, 2021, the Kleinman Center awarded its sixth Carnot Prize for distinguished contributions in energy policy to Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator and Program Manager at ENERGIA. During her over two decades at ENERGIA, Sheila has tirelessly advocated for a more gender-equal energy sector and for women to play a central role 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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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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Gender and energy country brief – Kenya
Energy is a critical enabler in reaching development goals. However, the benefits of increased access to modern and cleaner energy services often fail to accrue evenly to men and women. The African Development Bank and ENERGIA recognise the need to prioritise policy action in the field of gender and energy to meet the inter-national Sustainable Development…
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ENERGIA, the African Development Bank, and the Climate Investment Funds join efforts to strengthen gender in the energy sector in Africa
ENERGIA, together with the African Development Bank and the Climate Investment Funds have jointly launched four country briefs on November, 24 during the virtual event “Gender and Sustainable Energy Access in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda”. The briefs contribute to increasing data availability on gender and energy and provide insights for future gender sensitive…