Energy Peace Partners leverages economic and climate solutions to support peace in places affected by violent conflict. We believe that a paradigm shift toward climate-sensitive development can deliver enduring benefits to the 850 million people across 27 countries – primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia – who have limited access to…
For African rural households who get access to electricity via solar power for the first time, it can be a life-changing experience. What, if any, are the affects? If they have extra income, what do they spend it on? We’ve read a few studies recently that gave us some answers. Last week GOGLA released a…
LOVE FOR LIFE is a Berlin-based non-profit organization founded in 2014. Our mission is to create conscious, sustainable change to empower people and to protect nature. The Organization does this through its three complementary spheres of action: Consciousness Work, Direct Action, Building Life-Sustaining Systems. Within the Direct Action sphere, LOVE FOR LIFE implements social and…
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development works to catalyze a transition to a sustainable, thriving, and spiritually-aware society through the leadership of faith communities. ICSD reveals the connection between religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act. ICSD manifests these goals primarily through four projects. The Faith Inspired Renewable Energy Project is described below.…
How can one of the world’s largest religions harness its collective power and its enormous capital to end some of the world’s ills? That’s the central question that was tackled by impact investors and Catholic leaders from around the world as they convened in Rome to explore how the Catholic Church and other faith-based institutions…
The Shine Campaign is off to an ambitious start. We announced US$100 million in money committed to solving energy access by 2030 at our launch in Lisbon in May. Our next plan is to reach US$200 million to the field by 2020. Among our many activities, Shine was featured in Development Finance. In an interview…