Join us on 19 September 2022 at 10:00 am ET as we launch the findings of the Powering Jobs Census 2022: The Energy Access Workforce. To create advocacy and awareness around the immediate need to increase the human capacity pipeline for the DRE sector, Power for All is launching the Powering Jobs Census 2022: The Energy Access Workforce report. It compiles findings from a comprehensive survey conducted across five countries (Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda).
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Global Goals Week: Liverpool 2022
Global Goals Week: Liverpool is a week of local events, launches and coordinated support for international themes based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals whilst recognising the different challenges and opportunities in and around our home city. In addition to events and project announcements, 2030hub launches a call to action to all organisations across Liverpool City Region to share their own sustainability stories and successes.
The Cold Truths for a Warming World: What’s Stopping us from “Getting It Done”?
We have the tech, tools and cash. So why is the gap between what people say and what they do getting wider? How is progress on halving emissions being slowed down? What, and who, is stopping us from “Getting It Done”? Commitments won’t deliver themselves. We must follow through on promises, and we need to show the world how.
Getting It Done: Being Accountable
Committing to climate action means nothing without accountability. We all need to hold ourselves answerable to the promises we’ve made, and we all play a part in holding others to their commitments – especially those who aren’t committing at all. With climate strategies and actions being scrutinized more than ever, being accountable must become as important as the commitments themselves.
Getting It Done: Now or Never for Bold Leadership
Current climate leadership is not working well enough. Emissions aren’t peaking and are not on course for the 50% drop we need to see in this decade. It’s now or never for bold climate leadership in all forms. We need entire sectors to move as one, as well as leaders and innovators in business and government to push us forward further and faster. This session explores how leadership must change to keep us on track.
The New Climate Reality: Responding to Complex and Connected Crises
Our world is connected, complex and changing. The impacts of climate change are compounding existing and growing global crises: from energy and supply chain pressures, to food and economic inequalities. These crises are impacting progress on climate, too. Ahead of COP27, what should be the international response to the multiple interlinked crises we are now experiencing?
The New Climate Reality: Energy Certainty in an Uncertain World
As the world faces the biggest energy crises in this century, creating access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy in a resilient system must become a priority. But we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. So how can the world double down on clean energy strategies to meet demand, deliver security of supply and build energy independence? And how can we deliver short-term solutions to addressing the current crises without turning on the taps for fossil fuels and undermining our long-term goals?
#PoweringJobs Census 2022: Focus on India
Power for All, the global initiative to end energy poverty, will release its second Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) jobs India report on September 27. The industry’s most comprehensive employment research shows that increased demand for DRE solutions continues to create thousands of formal and informal jobs in the sector. It is becoming a major employment engine, especially for remote areas in emerging and developing economies where poverty and unemployment levels are high.
Global People’s Assembly
As we approach the halfway point in the Agenda 2030 it is clear that new policies and new approaches will be required if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved. The #FlipTheScript campaign speaks directly to many of the needed course corrections at the national and international levels. As a part of the campaign, CSOs are encouraged to sign up to a joint statement entitled “Time is Now: Act for Peace, Climate and Justice” here.
One of the main highlights of the Global Week to #Act4SDGs will be the 2022 Global People’s Assembly (GPA) involving activists from around the world in a three-day online forum taking place September 20-22. Led by the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) and network partners, including C4UN, this year’s GPA builds on national and regional preparatory events held in 30 locations around the world. See the GPA programme of events and activities. Zoom links are provided in the programme to register for each of the sessions.
Emancipating Education: Perspectives and Challenges in Transforming the Education System
Join us for a conversation on opportunities to advance equality through innovative education reforms with Nadiem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education, Indonesia. This conversation will be moderated by Dana Burde, Director of the International Education Program at the NYU Steinhardt School.
This discussion will present the key aspects of Indonesia’s ambitious plan for educational reform; explore the opportunities and challenges of transforming education systems; reflect on the role of education reform in facing the hardships brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, including the digital divide and regional inequalities; and learn from Indonesia’s experience in promoting innovation to deliver change and improve livelihoods.
India’s Big Idea: A Roadmap for Net Zero
By 2030, India’s green economy could contribute more than $1 trillion globally. By 2050, this could rise to $15 trillion. In this event, we’ll ask critical influencers from government, business and wider society to explore how we can unlock the opportunities presented by greater climate action in India.
Taking a Bite out of Emissions: Can a Climate-Smart Food System Transform Agriculture Supply Chains?
With global food systems responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, we must drastically rethink how we produce, process, package, distribute and consume food if we’re to reach the world’s climate targets while feeding a growing population. Join us to hear how businesses and governments can use their purchasing power and influence to decarbonize food supply chains in a way that’s productive, resilient and equitable.
We Need to Talk about Methane: Why Net Zero isn’t just about CO2
Reducing methane emissions might be the single most effective strategy to limit global warming, so why do we mainly talk in terms of carbon emissions? We know methane matters. What action is needed to deliver on the Global Methane Pledge agreed on at COP26, and can we go farther?
Act Local, Tackle Global: How Just Transitions in Emerging Economies can help meet Global Climate Targets
A just and equitable transition is needed to help meet global climate commitments set by countries across the world. Can global solutions for a just transition in emerging economies solve the global equity and climate crises, ensuring no one gets left behind?
Communicating Climate Change: Turning “blah blah blah” into Getting It Done
Is climate change a communications crisis? How do we distinguish between authentic action and greenwashing? This session will explore how communications can help drive action on climate. How do we turn “blah blah blah” in to Getting It Done?
Are we there yet? Steering the global market towards EV100
Climate Week NYC 2022 marks the fifth anniversary of Climate Group’s global electric transport initiative, EV100. For five years, members – including some of the world’s largest businesses – have been leading the way in driving the electric vehicle transition globally. But change must happen faster. Can our success and current progress steer global markets towards EV100?
Break the ICE: The role global partnerships play in driving the zero emission vehicle transition
Ambitious targets require innovative action. Partnerships between business and government can play a crucial role in driving the transition away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Join us to hear how our partners are driving the zero-emission vehicle transition together.
It’s a Material World: Making the Right Investments for Industrial Decarbonization
We live in a material world. Significantly more investments are needed to support the decarbonization of some of our most used materials: steel and concrete. But a lack of understanding in where the investment opportunities and risks lie is delaying progress in some of the highest emitting sectors.
Is Anyone really Leading on Supply Chain Emissions Reduction?
If supply chain and scope 3 emissions are not at the top of your to-do list, then you’re already falling behind. In this decade, companies need to figure out how to tackle supply chain emissions. But right now, companies are simply not acting at the speed and scale needed to decarbonize their supply chains. And, if they were, how would we know?
Going Retro: Can Building Retrofits Deliver the Energy Resilience We Need?
Energy efficiency is not the new kid on the built environment block, but levels of attention and action remain generally poor. How should we rethink our energy strategies for the built environment? How do we move this issue to be treated with the same seriousness, political attention and investment as renewables and transport? And what is the role of this area in securing the energy independence and resiliency that governments now want?