Energy & Civil Society Day
The sixth thematic day of COP27 focused on "Energy & Civil Society". As noted by SocEnv Board member and COP delegate Kirsten Röttcher CEnv: "We need to invest in clean, sustainable, and reliable energy or we cannot hope to reach net zero. The transition to renewable energy is not only a necessity to reach our climate goals but also an economic opportunity and provides greater energy independence for nations. The transition, however, must be supported by needs based policies, as part of achieving climate justice. Time is the most important variable. We need to speed up and increase the scale of implementation now."
What happened on Energy & Civil Society Day?
The Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) held a webinar on the Combustion Transition Framework – ‘a simple framework for accelerating our transition to net-zero’. Presented by Simon Spooner, Principal Scientist at Atkins, you can find out more and watch the recording here.
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)’s CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE reports from COP27 on the conversations around energy and moving away from fossil fuels to reach the 1.5 target, in her latest blog. Read more here. You can also follow/ connect with Sarah for more insights while she’s in Egypt.
A number of initiatives relating to Energy and Civil Society were launched, including the Africa Just and Affordable Energy Transition Initiative (AJAETI), the Global Renewables Alliance, the Indonesia Just Energy Transition Partnership, which was announced at the G20 summit.
The 15th anniversary of the Adaptation Fund was marked with the news that contributors to the fund have announced nearly US$ 172 million in new pledges. Find out more here.
Lastly, Reuters reported the news that the world’s population has passed 8 billion, endangering the pursuit of climate justice. Read more here.
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