'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
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.
Join this upcoming webinar hosted by Convergence, in partnership with the Catalytic Climate Finance Facility (CC Facility) Learning Hub, on strategies to mobilise domestic capital for climate blended finance in Southeast Asia. The session will draw on insights from the Learning Hub’s report Domestic Capital Mobilization for Climate Finance in Southeast Asia, with a focus […]
Smallholder farmer testing INFoCAT renewable energy powered groundnut pod plucker in Gomoa (Central Region, Ghana). Photo by UNU INRA.
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 […]
11 March 2026
Bhutan’s Department of Energy has formally recognised the contribution of the Women’s Empowerment through Renewable Energy Powered Decentralized Lift Irrigation Systems in Bhutan (WERELIS Bhutan) project to the country’s newly launched National Energy Policy 2025. In a letter addressed to the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Department of Energy expressed appreciation for the partnership […]
Restoring parched farmlands and livelihoods in Phangyul, Bhutan by Dechen Wangmo/UNDP Bhutan via UNDP Climate Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://bit.ly/4uZH9YP
7 January 2026
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are the main engine of economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The transition to a green economy represents both an environmental necessity and a significant economic opportunity for the region. However, without an intentional focus on gender, this transformation risks reinforcing existing inequalities, rather than […]
Credit: Nadia Bseiso
'ILO photo e55117' by International Labour Organization ILO via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://flic.kr/p/2j8HnMH