This article explores how the Central American Integration System (SICA) has helped lead the way to improve energy efficiency in appliances at the regional level, and the opportunities that further harmonisation could generate.
This publication shares the learnings from eight EU-funded research projects on energy behaviour and modelling, and presents their implications for policy design.
This brief discusses the importance of industrial policy and of regional integration for Latin American countries to remove barriers to the energy transition and maximise their renewable energy potential.
This report by the International Labor Organization investigates the implications for global job creation of four different green transport scenarios, applied to Europe: 1) a doubling in investment in public transport, 2) free public transport, 3) a target that 50% of all vehicles manufactured must be electric, and 4) banning of internal combustion engines for […]
This report identifies opportunities for Latin American and Caribbean countries in global renewable energy value chains. It focuses particularly on countries with significant mineral reserves, including Bolivia and Ecuador.
UNDP’s Gender Equality Seal has been implemented under different names in 11 countries and has engaged over 1400 companies. Companies, including many in male-dominated sectors such as the energy sector, can qualify for the seal by following a ten-step plan.
This Chilean government programme, launched in 2019, is a public-private plan that supports energy companies to advance gender equality. It consists of 10 different axes, 14 measures and 40 concrete actions.
This report investigates labour shortages for the energy transition in Europe and shows just how many more people will be needed in the energy sector by 2030 (See the table on p.4; example: over 600,000 new solar PV technicians and 150,000 wind engineers). On page 7, the report gives a quick overview of key arguments […]
This factsheet by the EU project ‘Empowering Women to take Action Against Energy Poverty’ (EmpowerMed) gives an overview of the different dimensions that should be considered when tackling gender and energy poverty.
These two blogs (available in English and Spanish) explain why you should undertake stakeholder mapping, how to go about it, and how to engage the stakeholders you have identified.