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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.

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Understanding clean energy and development synergy is key to SDGs

3 November 2023

Universal access to clean and affordable energy by 2030 is pivotal to sustainable development goals (SDGs), both in its own right and as a critical means of achieving other SDGs targets including decent work and economic development. With the first Global Stocktake at COP28 ongoing, reducing carbon emissions remains vital to mitigate the climate crisis. […]

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'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

'Integrated Land, Water Resources and Clean Energy Management for Poverty Reduction - Rwanda Green Fund Investment' by Rwanda Green Fund via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/XpZyTM

A landscape photograph taken on a hillside in Rwanda. There are four people in the foreground of the image, who are surveying the land. The ground is mostly soil with a few shrubs of grass growing. There are trees in the background.

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Call for proposals: ANDE

1 May 2024

ANDE is launching a new initiative to investigate the significant challenges that women face in clean energy entrepreneurship, through applied research. They will fund actionable research that aims to build the evidence base on the barriers that women face in clean energy entrepreneurship, with a regional focus on Latin America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa.   […]

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