renewable energy

Some world leaders will deliver speeches in the UN General Assembly hall in person, but it's expected the majority will not be travelling to New York.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

From BTS, K-Pop heroes, to net zero: 5 things to look out for at UNGA76

15 September 2021
UN Affairs

The 76th session of the UN General Assembly is due to begin on 14 September, and it will be very different from 2020’s fully virtual gathering. UNGA 76 will still be overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that won’t stop leaders (some of them in the Assembly Hall) from addressing urgent global challenges. Here are five things you should know about 2021’s “hybrid” event.

Young displaced people who have returned home in South Sudan are learning new engineering skills.
IOM 2021/Aleon Visuals

FROM THE FIELD: South Sudan’s displaced youth, help power change

10 July 2021
SDGs

Young people who were displaced by conflict in South Sudan have returned home to power change in their community.

New power cube technology on display in Vanuatu. The cubes are charged with electricity using solar rays.
UNDP

$1 billion fund for renewables among key energy commitments made during UN ministerial forums

25 June 2021
Climate and Environment

The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation have announced plans to launch a $1 billion fund to boost access to renewable energy in developing countries – one of the key commitments made during a series of virtual UN ministerial forums this week.

A solar streetlight in the Um Rakuba refugee camp, Sudan
UNDP Sudan/Ala Eldin Abdalla Mohamed

FROM THE FIELD: Solar power lights up Sudanese refugee camp

15 March 2021
Humanitarian Aid

In eastern Sudan, renewable energy is being trialled as a power source in UN-run refugee camps, where an influx of thousands of people fleeing conflict in Ethiopia is putting a strain on local resources, and host communities.

Solar power has improved the livelihoods of local people.
UNDP Lao PDR

FROM THE FIELD: Laos villages transformed by solar power

10 January 2021
Climate and Environment

For people living off-grid in remote villages in Laos, solar energy offers a clean, sustainable way to bring electricity for all, and the promise to transform their lives.