By Alexia Kelly, CEO of Electric Capital Management and co-chair of LEDS Global Partnership Finance Working Group. Across Africa, India, and other regions of the Global South, there is an urgent need to mobilize funds into the distributed clean energy sector to provide access to clean, affordable, reliable energy for the 850 million people who live in energy poverty. Mobilizing…
No renewable energy project should move forward without seeking the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous communities, especially if there are plans to build directly on Indigenous lands. Unfortunately, that was not the case in the Unión Hidalgo agrarian community in Oaxaca State, Mexico. Without engaging the local community, Desarrollos Eólicos de México S.A…
By Alexia Kelly, CEO of Electric Capital Management and co-chair of LEDS Global Partnership Finance Working Group. Across Africa, India, and other regions of the Global South, there is an urgent need to mobilize funds into the distributed clean energy sector to provide access to clean, affordable, reliable energy for the 850 million people who live in…
Final Day – Wrapping Up Financing the Future Summit As the Financing the Future Summit wrapped up, participants offered a range of powerful commitments that will advance Shine’s mission and vision. Religious leaders committed to advocating within their own structures for increased funding and investing in energy access. African foundations committed to a convening of…
The Shine team at the Financing the Future Summit (L-R: Mark Correnti, Dwayne Linville, Emira Woods, and Rev. Fletcher Harper) Day 2 – Cape Town, South Africa The Financing The Future Global Climate Divest-Invest Summit came to a close today. Leaders from faith-based institutions, governments, NGOs, foundations, academia, environmental, social impact investing, healthcare, social enterprise…
Following the announcement of $11T divestment from fossil fuels industry milestone yesterday, day one of Financing The Future Global Climate Divest-Invest Summit kicked off today. The rooms were filled with over 300 delegates from over 44 countries. Below is a brief update of the topics discussed at today’s conference. Remember that you can follow along on…