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Urgent action to accelerate investment in clean energy for developing countries is needed from global leaders assembling at COP26 to ensure a just energy transition.

RES4Africa and AVSI with the support of Enel Green Power, in partnership with UNEP and SEforAll gave African youth the opportunity to make recommendations to high-level institutions and policy makers for future decisions on energy and climate change.  

Research highlights that pockets of funders continue to finance additional coal-fired generation capacity in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. $42 billion was committed to grid-connected coal power plants between 2013-2019 in the 18 countries studied.

The United Nations Development Programme and Sustainable Energy for All will partner to unlock public and private investment towards affordable and sustainable energy access for all in Africa, especially in the Sahel.

To achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the world must over the next decade cut carbon emissions by at least 45% below 2010 levels, says UN secretary-general António Guterres.

The need for affordable, sustainable cooling investment solutions that do not cause a spike in global energy demand has never been so high.

The Universal Energy Facility, a results-based financing facility managed by SEforALL, has now opened a new window of financing for minigrid projects in Benin.

SEforALL Youth Summit aims to empower young leaders to support a just and inclusive clean energy transition in line with the Paris Agreement.

Many of Africa's top cooling trends and efforts are being supported by international groups such as the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, SEforALL and the UN’s U4E.

SEforALL has opened applications for companies seeking results-based finance for mini-grid projects in Sierra Leone and Madagascar