Renewable Energy is an essential element of how the 1.5 goal agreed in the 2015 Paris Agreement can be achieved in a climate-friendly way. Renewable Energy for the People is a vision of how energy supply can be organised globally to counteract global warming while taking into account the needs of marginalised communities.
Renewable energy systems use solar energy, wind, hydropower or biomass, depending on the context. However, climate just renewable energy means socially just renewable energy.
Social aspects are central to the design of sustainable energy solutions. It is pivotal to bring social criteria into the renewable energy debate. Energy production has to include communities and their needs (“people dimension”), enabling access to sufficient renewable energy (“access dimension”) while respecting planetary boundaries (“planet dimension”).
Communities or countries with an unsustainable energy consumption have to reduce their energy consumption. Hence, for them, energy efficiency and sufficiency are an additional important pillars for a fair contribution to global climate justice. Together, countries, societes and communities can transition to a world of decentralized and jointly managed energy provision. Find more information here.
Community Energy in Colombia
Community-driven energy projects in Santander and Antioquia, Colombia improve living conditions and contribute to the needed energy transition.
Material and Publication
Virtual Exhibition of Community Energies
The Virtual Exhibition of Community Experiences of Just Energy Transition seeks to make visible energy experiences implemented by local communities or groups that show a way to face the climate crisis and mitigate the effects of the fossil energy model. Check it out »
Energy and Climate Justice 