SHINE PARTNER RESOURCES
Shine connects you with research, tools and best practices to help you prioritize just, clean, distributed energy solutions initiatives focused on:
- Reaching the hardest-to-reach communities
- Incorporating the full participation of communities in developing locally-owned, affordable clean energy assets that improve and sustain their livelihoods
- Empowering by women, indigenous persons, and racial and cultural minorities in their respective contexts
- Respecting human rights and the environment while serving communities left behind by centralized, large-scale energy access initiatives.
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RESEARCH + REPORTS
GOGLA | September 2023
Opinion: Renewable energy needs accountability to end green colonialism
Devex | March 2023
Selling Productive Use of Energy Products to Last Mile Consumers
Global Distributers Collective (GDC) | July 2022
Appliances for ALL: Assessing the Inclusivity of the Solar Lighting & Appliance Sector
Efficiency for Access | September 2022
How to Unlock Financing for Mini-Grids in Africa at Scale Through Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration
African Mini-grid Developers Association (AMDA), Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) | March 2023
Benchmarking Africa’s Minigrids Report
African Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) | 2022
Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2022: State of the Sector
GOGLA | 2022
The Path to Universal Electricity Access: The Role of Technology, Market Forces and Policy
POWER for ALL | July 2023
The Power of Collaborative Philanthropy: Giving Together to the Address Climate Crisis
Climate Leadership Initiative | 2022
Funding Tends 2022: Climate Change Mitigation Philanthropy
ClimateWorks Foundation | 2022
What is the Impact of Investing in Power: Practical Thinking on Investing for Development
Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) CDC | January 2020
Strengthening Gender Equity in Locally Led Adaption Processes in Africa
World Resources Institute, Women’s Climate Centers International (WCCI) | June 2023
Working Paper: Powering a Gender-Just Energy Transition
ENERGIA, GGKP Expert Group on Gender | March 2023
ENERGIA | October 2022
Holistic Ecosystem Approach to Reliable Energy Services
Good Energies Foundation, SELCO | November 2022
Climate Resilience in India: Key Insights from Acumen’s Agriculture Accelerator
Acumen, Rabo Foundation | (not dated)
Global Landscape of Climate Finance: A Decade of Data
Climate Policy Initiative | October 2022
Protecting Communities and the Climate from Corruption
Waverly Street, Transparency International | (not dated)
Providing Emergency Relief for Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Working ‘Last Mile’ Access in Uganda
One Earth (Daughters for Earth) | (not dated)
Funding Social Justice in the Energy Transition
The African Climate Foundation | March 2023
Philanthropies Commit to Sustained Collective Action in Response to the Climate Emergency
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation | December 2020
Philanthropy’s Momentum Shifting Power to Local Communities
Hewlett Foundation | April 2023
How Communities of Color Lead on Climate Solutions-And Ways to Support Them
Hewlett Foundation | August 2022
Ford Foundation | November 2022
Co-Impact: Gender Fund Announcement | (not dated)
How Can the EU Deliver a Socially Just Green Deal?
Open Society Foundations | May 2022
Request for Proposals: Just Transition Mapping
Mapping Organizations and Efforts Working to deliver Just Transitions Across Sectors and Geographies
Laudes Foundation, Wallace Global Fund, Ford Foundation | May-June 2023
Coal in Net Zero Transitions: Strategies for Rapid, Secure and People-Centered Change
Bloomberg Philanthropies, International Energy Agency | November 2022
Grid Alternatives: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Neighborhoods
11th Hour Project, The Schmidt Foundation | (not dated)
Inclusive Engineering Increases Energy Access in the Amazon
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | June 2023
Four Attitudes Toward Climate Change in India
MacArthur Foundation, Yale Program on Climate Change Communications | May 2023
What Gets Measured Gets Financed: Climate Finance Funding Flows and Opportunities
The Rockefeller Foundation | November 2022
Frontier Markets | (not dated)
Toward a Gender-Transformative Agenda for Climate and Environmental Action
Women’s Environmental Development Organization (WEDO) | March 2022
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet | (not dated)