COP28 side event focusing on investments and regulations / leading government on the nexus between food security, water and energy. The objective of the event is to identify how nexus investment portfolio and enabling environments can be powerful in building resilience (beyond the siloed sectorial approach)
One year ago, the World Bank committed to help African countries triple the pace of electrification with decentralized renewable energy by 2026. The event will showcase the concrete steps the WBG is taking to realize this ambitious goal, including +$6 billion of new WBG lending to regional and national energy access programs and a new… Read More »COP28 side event: Scaling up Distributed Renewable Energy Access: From Commitments to Action
Join REEEP’s official UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP28 side event, ‘Developing Markets to Scale Up Renewable Energy for Climate-Resilient Agriculture’ on 9 December, co-organised with Practical Action, CGIAR and Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs. The expert panel will showcase how a full ecosystem and entrepreneurial approach is needed to accelerate the uptake of productive use of renewable energy (PURE) technologies to support… Read More »COP28 side event: Developing Markets to Scale Up Renewable Energy for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
The session aims to address the critical issues surrounding the heavy dependence on imported and volatile fossil fuels within global agri-food systems, particularly focusing on developing countries’ agriculture sector. With fossil fuels accounting for a significant portion of energy consumption in food systems, resulting in high greenhouse gas emissions, there is a pressing need to… Read More »COP28 side event: Innovative renewable solutions in agriculture