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

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 like unequal access, employment gaps, and limited financing for small, women- and youth-led businesses persist.
This Briefing Note outlines key steps to help make the transition inclusive for all.
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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

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 […]
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 […]