'Manik, a solar pump operator for Nusra' by World Bank Photo Collection via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/N1ZtUY

Clean Energy
for Development

The Clean Energy for Development research initiative supports 12 research projects that operate in 27 countries across three thematic bases: clean energy transition, micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and women and youth.

Event title: How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South Photos of the 4 speakers and moderator
Webinar: How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South

Thursday 18 June 2026

This webinar is hosted by The Group of 78.  How Small Business Can Enable a Gender-Equitable Energy Transition: Experience from the Global South Thursday 18 June 2026 10:00am – 11:30am EDT (check your local time) Register to attend online The Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) initiative, funded by the International Development […]

Smallholder farmer testing INFoCAT renewable energy powered groundnut pod plucker in Gomoa (Central Region, Ghana). Photo by UNU INRA.

A woman is using a groundnut pod plucker machine which is powered by renewable energy.
Clean Energy Transitions: A Care Economy Lens

20 April 2026

How can clean energy transitions reduce energy poverty while also addressing the unequal burden of unpaid care work? This is an increasingly urgent question as the global shift to clean energy reshapes not only energy systems, but everyday life within households. Across many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls continue to shoulder a disproportionate […]