#se4all

SEforALL Youth Summit 2021 forum between the,President of 75th Session of the General Assembly and a,Youth Energy Leader. How will President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly mobilize member states at the GA Hall  to empower youth in 2021 during such uncertain times, to raise SDG7 Ambition in the Decade of Action.

Before working with Kelly Electrics our electrician Elly used to work with a charity called SolarAid. Their goal is to tackle poverty by improving energy access in places where people don’t have electricity. Elly got to see first hand how solar powered lights like this are helping children who live in rural Zambia to do their homework at night. It can also charge mobile phones and has a phenomenal impact on quality of life, when the alternative is kerosene or candles. If you’d like to know more about how solar is revolutionizing energy in Africa and support SolarAid’s work then take a look at their website www.solar-aid.org  

This new market for solar products is also providing amazing economic opportunities for enterprising women, all over the world. Including those trained by Solar Sisters, another charity that we love to support (and think you should to!). Check out their work here: www.solarsister.org

Siemens and Linkin Park Collaborate to Power the World

During the European hunt for The Hunting Party, fans were able to experience the Power the World Power Booth, presented by Music for Relief and Siemens, a leader in innovations to harness renewable power by wind, water and solar means.

“Today, 1.3 billion people have no access to energy.”

Linkin Park launched Power the World to support the United Nations initiative, Sustainable Energy for All(#SE…

Via The Understory:

As governmental negotiations are faltering at the “Rio Plus 20” talks in Brazil, the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) announced major commitments to sustainable energy from a wide variety of stakeholders, including developing nation governments, corporations and the rock band Linkin Park.

Co-Chaired by Bank of America Chairman Chad Holliday, SE4All announced that Ghana would develop a national energy action  plan that “to support capacity-development and innovative financing mechanisms.” Barbados plans to increase its use of renewable energy to 29%. Meanwhile, members of Linkin Park launched the “Power the World” campaign, which aims to deliver one million signatures to world leaders at Rio+20 urging an end to energy poverty.

In SE4All’s press release Holliday says:

I believe this initiative is one of the great opportunities of our time. It provides solutions for some of the toughest global challenges we face — poverty, inequality, energy security, climate change and environmental protection. These commitments demonstrate that we can make tremendous progress when all key stakeholders — developed and developing countries, private companies and civil society groups — work together in common cause for the common good.

But as Holliday helps move Ghana and Barbados towards a clean energy grid, the company he guides through these tumultuous economic and environmental times, Bank of America, remains the largest funder of coal in the United States. The United States maintains one of the largest carbon footprints on the planet with more than 35% of the U.S. electricity grid powered by coal.

Bank of America finances some of the worst coal mining companies responsible for ecological crimes upon the mountains and people of Appalachia. The bank is a top financier for the world’s largest coal companies who are now developing mega-terminals in the Pacific Northwest to stem floundering profits by shipping Powder River Basin coal overseas to Asian markets.

Can someone let me know where Bank of America’s investment portfolio falls into the framework of “Sustainable Energy for All?”

Sustainable energy has been an important, if not hard battle for nations all over the world to fight for. Major organizations have formed to help push the fight, and they all have ambitious goals, but even these giant alliances of nations are struggling to get their policies recognized. The Clean Energy Ministerial, formed here in the United States, is an international alliance of people working to improve sustainable energy needs. The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) coalition was formed by the United Nations for the same reason.

It, therefore, makes perfect sense that these two international organizations have come together and joined goals and resources. Together, this international power will be able to have much more impact than either one could have on their own. With potent examples of nations like Iceland having enormous success with their green energy programs, the CEM is hoping to adopt the goals of SE4ALL, including doubling green energy usage by 2030, and halving our reliance on petroleum based fuel.