UN Sustainable Development Summit
UN Sustainable Development Summit, 25 – 27 September 2017 More information
Month: July 2017
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Sustainable Development Impact Summit
Delivering on the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris climate agreement will require accelerating public-private cooperation and deploying new technological solutions. The Sustainable Development Impact Summit aims to advance both by providing a multi-stakeholder platform for concerted action. The World Economic Forum will work closely with leaders from government, business, […]
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UNFCCC COP 2017
The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will held from November 6 – 17. The event is organized by Fiji and hosted at the headquarters of the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. More information
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Clean Cooking Forum 2017: Driving Demand. Delivering Impact.
Save the Date! The Clean Cooking Forum is the largest international biennial gathering of professionals working to advance the clean cooking sector. Hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, the 2017 Forum will be held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. The Forum brings together global leaders from the private sector, government, finance, civil society, academia, […]
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ECOWAS validates its regional Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects
Energy experts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) validated and adopted the ECOWAS Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects, during a 3-day workshop held from 26 – 28 June 2017 in Accra, Ghana. A groundbreaking achievement for the advancement of women’s human rights in energy development, the Directive aims to ensure […]
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Self-paced online course on gender and energy equality
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program has developed a self-paced e-learning course on gender and energy equality. The course is meant for social development and energy specialists, policy makers, practitioners, and members of civil society interested in learning about the linkages between gender equality and energy using recent research, data and country level experiences. Course topics, materials […]
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Needs, uses, and impacts of energy on women and girls in the developing world
Oxfam has published a paper titled “Energy and Women and Girls: Analyzing the needs, uses, and impacts of energy on women and girls in the developing world”. The paper tests the assumption that, because of the burdens of energy poverty, energy access itself automatically benefits women and girls. Through an analysis of the existing literature the […]
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Gender considerations in the SEforALL country action plans
To understand the extent to which gender is being mainstreamed in Sustainable Energy for All related activities, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Global Gender Office conducted an assessment of 61 SEforALL country action plan documents, from 52 countries. The report is available on this website.
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Guidance on integrating gender into clean energy solutions for the agricultural sector
Powering Agriculture – An Energy Grand Challenge for Development (PAEGC) has released its Gender Integration Summary Report 2016 as well as six topical guides focused on integrating gender into the development and deployment of clean energy solutions for the agricultural sector. They cover the following topics: deployment of clean energy solutions; product development; financial products; marketing; […]
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Women, energy, and economic empowerment
The Atlantic has published an insightful report which shows that “energy access programs are an underexplored lever for women’s economic empowerment”. The report by Kathleen O’Dell, Sophia Peters and Kate Wharton from Deloitte addresses questions including: “Under what context does gender equality rise with access to electricity; what are the channels through which this change occurs; […]
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The need for and the way to energy sovereignty in Nepal
Dr Indira Shakya, an independent researcher specialising in renewable energy and women empowerment who works with ENERGIA in Nepal, made the case for diversifying energy supply in Nepal and presented some policy recommendations in a recent article available online.
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Fostering women’s entrepreneurship in ASEAN
In its recent publication “Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in ASEAN: Transforming Prospects, Transforming Societies” the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) proposes critical actions that can be taken by ASEAN Governments to address the particular constraints facing women entrepreneurs. Those action are foreseen to be taken in conjunction with other key […]
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