The COP27 Egyptian Presidency launches the Africa Just and Affordable Energy Transition Initiative (AJAETI). By 2027, its three primary objectives are to offer technical and policy support to facilitate affordable energy for at least 300 million people in Africa; provide access to clean cooking fuels and technologies; and increase the share of renewable electricity generation by 25%.

Launch of the Planning for Climate Commission, a new global initiative focused on speeding up planning and approvals for the massive deployment of renewables and green hydrogen needed to address climate change and energy security. The Commission is a joint initiative by the Green Hydrogen Organisation, International Hydropower Association, the Global Wind Energy Council and the Global Solar Council.

RMI and Lion’s Head Global Partners have partnered to launch a targeted USD 15 million Project Preparation Facility and an associated USD 75 million Caribbean Climate Smart Fund to invest in energy projects across the Caribbean. These projects will support climate resilience in the face of intensifying storms, stabilize electricity prices, and increase energy security, while saving tens of millions of dollars each year in fossil fuel imports.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will share new insights from its recently launched “Renewable Energy Targets in 2022 - A guide to design” and its Energy Transition Support to Strengthen Climate Action: Insight to Impact 2022 reports. The new insights will offer important input to the first Global Stocktake.

 

Launch of the Global Renewables Alliance. Organisations representing wind, solar, hydropower, green hydrogen, long duration energy storage and geothermal energy industries will officially join forces in an unprecedented alliance. It brings together, for the first time, all the technologies required for the energy transition in order to ensure an accelerated energy transition. As well as ensuring targets are met, the Alliance also aims to position renewable energy as a pillar of sustainable development and economic growth. 

 

New analysis from the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance (AGHA) and McKinsey concludes green hydrogen could sustainably industrialise Africa and boost GDP by 6 to 12% in six key countries. It concludes that by 2050, green hydrogen could increase the GDP of Egypt, Kenya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, and South Africa by USD 126 billion, equivalent to 12% of these countries’ current GDP. AGHA, with support from the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions, the Green Hydrogen Organisation and the African Development Bank, calls for greater cooperation between governments and the private sector to unlock the investment needed.

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Futures Lab, Creating A Consolidated Global Proposition For A Safer Maritime System

The Resilience Hub continues to deliver on its mandate to elevate the knowledge of front-line leaders and demonstrate locally-informed resilience solutions which can be implemented at scale. Click here for the full agenda. The Hub is accessible in-person in Area C and virtually here.

On Monday, the Hub hosted the official launch of the Roof Over Our Heads campaign.

As Nigel Topping, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion of COP26 Presidency, said: ‘We can't talk about urban transitions if we don't take the voice of informal communities seriously.”

L-R: Christina Gamboa, CEO WorldGBC, Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders, Sheela Patel, Founder and Director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC), Nigel Topping UN Climate Change High-Level Champion of COP26 Presidency, Gonzalo Munoz former UN Climate Change High-Level Champion of COP25 Presidency.

In its Growing to Its Potential: The Value of Urban Nature for Communities, Investors, and the Climate report, RMI helps local decision makers and investors make the case for scaling up investment in urban nature concluding that globally, the value of urban nature’s benefits is nine times the costs.

Beyond 8 billion: Focus on women, not population, for reproductive and climate justice 

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