'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

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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.

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New Clean Energy Brief: Powering an Inclusive Energy Future

17 October 2025

As the clean energy transition gains momentum, it vital to ensure that the clean energy transition is fair and inclusive. Under Brazil’s 2024 G20 presidency, countries endorsed principles that call for addressing inequalities and ensuring women and youth are active participants in the shift to renewable energy. Turning these goals into action remains difficult. Barriers […]

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Suvarna Amrutappa Alkatti by UN Women Asia and the Pacific via Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eZjQgk

A woman stands in the middle of a field, next to a pile of hay, and looks out towards the horizon. The ground looks dry and the sky is hazy.

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Piloting of Youth-Designed Clean Technologies for Women Farmers in Ghana and Senegal

19 September 2025

Recently, the Innovate for Clean Powered Agro Technologies (INFoCAT) project held two events in Ghana and Senegal, to showcase and pilot clean technology solutions that have been developed by young Agritech Innovators. Each new technology was developed to address challenges faced by smallholder women farmers and agro-processors. The piloting programme was to show the creativity […]

Credit: UNU-INRA

A group of people stand around looking at a new innovation that is being piloted. One person holds a dried leaf and places it into a machine for processing.

Credit: Formation, Recherche, et Environnement dans la Tshopo (FORETS), Democratic Republic of Congo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/M4bV7G

A photo of a woman carrying a solar panel in a wooded area. The sky is lined with trees and the woman looks towards the camera.

Event

T20 Side Event: Powering change: Women, youth, and the clean energy revolution

Thursday 12 June 2025

Watch again In this virtual panel event, we will bring together experts from various regions to address a critical challenge of our time: ensuring that women and youth are not left behind in the global transition to clean energy. Gender equity needs to be at the centre of clean energy policies or women will become […]

IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Suvarna Amrutappa Alkatti by UN Women Asia and the Pacific via Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/eZjQgk

Learning

Powering an Inclusive Energy Future: Driving the G20 from Commitment to Implementation

10 October 2025

As the world accelerates toward a clean energy future, the question is no longer whether the transition will happen, but how equitable, inclusive, and sustainable it will be. Under Brazil’s 2024 presidency, the G20 endorsed a set of ‘Principles for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions’, recognising that the shift to renewable energy must do more […]

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