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⚡On October 3, 2024, World Resources Institute and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) announced a strategic partnership to drive progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 7: ensuring affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. 📈Together, we aim to support global efforts to reach the 760 million people lacking electricity and the 2 billion still using polluting fuels for cooking. Access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy is crucial for health, education, and economic growth. The partnership will develop data, tools, and strategic communication to empower developing nations in making data-driven decisions for integrated energy plans. Key initiatives like African Energy Dialogues, Mission Efficiency, Cooling for All, and Cool Coalition will also be a part of this collaboration. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47XHoID #EnergyAccess #SustainableDevelopment #CleanEnergy #SDG7 #PartnershipsForImpact #WRI #SEforAll #SDG #Energy #MoU #Sustainability

📢 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 📢 Energy Access Explorer is the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 with a special focus on #EnergyAccess and #EnergyTransitions! Like traditional public goods (see public parks, libraries, clean air), digital public goods are available to everyone! Thank you to the Digital Public Goods Alliance and the United Nations 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 for promoting the development of #opensource software, open standards, open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm, and are of high relevance for attainment of the SDGs. This marks a significant leap in 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Ever grateful to all colleagues, partners, contributors! #sdg7 #energyaccess #energytransition #dataforgood #digitalpublicgood #opensource #sdg17

⚡ Today is a historic day, as the UK wakes up to an electricity mix with zero coal. Read the statement from Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy at World Resources Institute: https://lnkd.in/eRyRyrdy

To preview the annual Clean Energy Ministerial taking place in Brazil this week, World Resources Institute released the first of two podcast episodes on this major convening and what it means for the #energytransition in #LatinAmerica. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/g-MgRRSv #CEM #CleanEnergyMinisterial

☀️Recently, WRI Africa participated in a consultative meeting on energy with key stakeholders, organized by Kenya’s Council of Governors. The meeting brought important discussions on coordination and scaling of county energy planning and deployment of productive use of #RenewableEnergy technologies at the sub-national level. WRI Africa showcased its interventions in this space, including, among others, use of #GeospatialData and tools like Energy Access Explorer to inform energy planning, as well as development of investment prospectus to direct deployment of financing to implementation of identified opportunities. The team also shared progress in these efforts, addressing implementation challenges and exploring opportunities for collaboration with the Council and other energy sector partners. A key outcome was consensus on the need for increased collaboration with the Council’s Energy Committee on energy planning, including support for developing energy investment prospectuses to support implementation of the County Energy Plans. This partnership is set to accelerate access to affordable, reliable and clean energy for rural communities and drive sustainable development across Kenya’s counties. 📷Photo credit: Council of Governors,Kenya Benson I., David Njugi, Victor Otieno, Anderson Ngowa

⚡Africa’s renewable energy potential goes beyond reducing carbon emissions—it has the power to transform sectors like agriculture and improve livelihoods. However, financing remains a critical barrier to scaling Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) solutions, especially for rural communities and smallholder farmers. 📄New research from WRI Africa shows that local banks are uniquely positioned to help scale up PURE. Read our insights article to discover how unlocking local private capital could pave the way for a brighter, more sustainable future for Africa👉 https://bit.ly/3N0aFZt Benson I., XIXI CHEN, Anderson Ngowa

International Energy Agency (IEA)'s new report shows that it is possible to triple renewable energy by 2030, fulfilling the pledge made by nearly 200 countries at #COP28 just a year ago. The report points to favorable economics and policies paving a path forward but notes that significant investment is needed. Read the statement by WRI Energy's Global Director Jennifer Layke👉 https://bit.ly/4eBjJQn

WRI is excited to announce the launch of #EnergyReady, a new US Department of Energy funded initiative that integrates a collection of prestigious designation programs for local governments, including #SolSmart, Charging Smart, and the forthcoming Distributed Wind Smart. These programs offer free technical assistance to local governments, helping them implement criteria that reduce unintended barriers to #CleanEnergy development. Communities that earn one of these designations also benefit from national recognition of their efforts to unlock community benefits from these local energy technologies. WRI's US Energy team is thrilled to be a supporting partner. Learn more at www.Energy-Ready.org ⚡

🌇⚡ The #EnergyPermittingReformAct (EPRA)—a bill that recently passed out of the US Energy and Natural Resources committee with strong bipartisan support—contains critical provisions that would expand and upgrade the nation’s grid. Its key provisions include a requirement for interregional transmission planning, processes to streamline transmission siting approval, and a mandate to make it easier to implement grid-enhancing technologies. This would all make it substantially easier to plan, permit and pay for long-distance transmission. Read here to learn more about these critical transmission provisions in an article for PV Tech by WRI’s Lori Bird & Joe Hack ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eXVg6AFf

Ed Milliband tonight at #NYclimateweek was spectacular speaking to Sequoia Foundation. - won election on agenda of speed decarb: Energy security, jobs and growth. Clean energy won. - Milliband - from a former mining constituency. 2016 voted 72% for brexit. Not immigration, not anti-Europe - about jobs. Populist right will win hearts and minds unless we demonstrates jobs. - energy security requires a clean superpowered national economy. Only climate security with global action - avoid “do as we say, not as we do.” - high level “1.5 degrees” narrative doesn’t show how far off track we are in economic change. - Different movement than 15 years ago. We are looking for better lives today - for our people today AND future generations. Such a great vision. #Climateactioninspiration @WRIENERGY