This is the 2019 update of the 10th brief from the series of 12 introductory briefings that look at various aspects of climate change financing, outlines the principles and criteria the should serve as a normative guidance for a coherent framework by which the different new funding mechanisms to tackle climate change can be assessed and compared. This brief outlines key principles and actions that should make climate financing instruments more gender-responsive and that ensure that gender perspectives are integrated in those instruments.

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Renewable energy’s untapped potential on the African continent is a key solution to its energy and development goals, as it can broaden electricity access, increase investment and allow African countries to become climate leaders through a participatory and people-centred approach. The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) is a political effort to support this structural change. The initative was founded and coordinated by Africans with the aim to achieve universal access to clean energy on the continent. This paper published by Germanwatch together with ACSEA, Brot für die Welt und Power Shift Africa gives an overview of AREI’s structure and status quo as well as its problems and potentials.

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Energy and electricity are key issues for Africa: Two thirds of the population lack access to electricity services and demand for electricity is likely to increase threefold until 2050. The paper – published by Germanwatch together with ACSEA, Brot für die Welt und Power Shift Africa – informs on the current status of implementation of renewable energies in Africa and discussess options, challenges and best practice examples.

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This CARE report presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of the finance provided by the G7 group, as the main causers of climate change and main providers of climate finance, to developing countries for climate change adaptation and to what extent it promotes gender equality. The analysis is based on the over 16,000 projects in the OECD database supported by the G7 in 2013-2016. The results show that there is an urgent need to increase financial support for climate change adaptation with much stronger gender equality efforts.

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This summary of the report “100% Renweable Energy for Sustainable Development” published by Brot für die Welt and the World Future Council demonstrates how a transition to 100% RE can contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which should also be supported by climate finance.

The entire report can be downloaded here.

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