Competition Celebrates Diverse Business Responses to SDG #7: Affordable & Clean Energy
Editor's Note: This article is the third in a four-part series highlighting private sector leadership supporting the achievement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global SDG Awards seek to recognize and celebrate companies that are creating profitable and
Fueling the Clean Energy Market: Global Goals Need Global Solutions
It’s nearly two years since the United Nations launched the Global Goals – also known as the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs – a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030. Global Goal 7
(EM)POWERING OFF-GRID COMMUNITIES WITH SOLAR LIGHTS
SDG 7, SDG 13 and the Paris Agreement: the backbone of the 2030 Agenda When the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was agreed upon at the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September 2015, Heads of State and
Promoting Sustainable Investments to Attain the SDGs
In 2016 the European Union launched an ambitious new initiative: the External Investment Plan (EIP) and its new European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD). The EIP and the EFSD will support smart and sustainable investments in our partner countries, starting
Beyond the Grid: Bringing Sustainable Energy to the Frontier
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY Judith Walker, director of operations for African Clean Energy (ACE), manufacturing clean energy products including the ACE 1 Solar Biomass Cookstove. THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
Eradicating Energy Poverty: WakaWaka is on it
I had the pleasure to speak with Camille Van Gestel, the co-founder and CEO of WakaWaka, a global social enterprise that develops and sells portable solar products. Impakter is familiar with the great work that WakaWaka does, but this time we
How to Scale Up Sustainable Energy
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Lessons Learned from Ashden's Experience Towards the end of last year, two momentous events took place that, if commitments and promises are kept, should
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy for All – Youth Lighting up the World
A Closer Look at Solar for Life's Role Editor’s Note: This is the seventh piece in a collaborative series on the Sustainable Development Goals. See the introduction to the series here. Goal 7, to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for