Work Area
Energy Access
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Aligning climate and development objectives in Africa’s energy transition
For many African nations, mitigating the threat of climate change while pursuing socio-economic development and broad-based prosperity for citizens will involve complex tradeoffs.
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COP27: It’s Africa’s time to lead
As the interdependencies of these issues come into focus, I see an opportunity for Africa to take charge of its energy and climate future.
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RePowerEU: Europe must find win-win climate solutions as it seeks energy security
RePowerEU is an opportunity for European policymakers to seek new energy security options that also deliver deep decarbonisation.
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IPCC report underscores importance of advancing a broad portfolio of mitigation strategies while rapidly reducing methane emissions
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Working Group III report on mitigation today.
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COP26: Africa is not a single static data point
The continent’s shift to clean power must be seen in the context of energy shortfalls, growing populations, and big differences between countries.
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Discourse matters: The net-zero agenda and Africa’s priorities
For African countries, issues of adaptation, climate finance and loss and damage are as important as net-zero ambitions.
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Where is sub-Saharan Africa in the race to net-zero?
African governments face more economic needs than zero emissions but meeting those needs will depend on their energy systems evolving.
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CATF statement on IEA report on financing clean energy in developing economies
Washington D.C. – A new report from the International Energy Agency, World Bank, and the World Economic Forum finds that annual clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies will need to increase sevenfold – to more than $1 trillion by 2030 – to put the world on track to achieve net-zero emissions by…