To achieve energy & climate goals, the world needs to add or replace 80 million kilometres of power lines by 2040. That’s the size of the entire global grid built over the past 100 years and enough to wrap around the Earth roughly 2,000 times. More 👉 iea.li/3IRE6uy

💻 ONLINE: Can an #AFTERCarbon Mindset Enable Africa's Readiness Towards a Carbon Resilient Economy? On 9 April, UNU will host a #BIGIDEAS dialogue with Dr Fatima Denton, Director of UNU-INRA. ⏰ 18:00–19:00 JST 📍 Online via Zoom 🌐 English ▶️ buff.ly/3xov8mp

On #EarthDay, we must stand for our planet. A planet threatened by climate change, by pollution, by biodiversity loss. A planet that needs to be rescued. So we must unite. And we must mobilize all our efforts for #ClimateAction.

Tnx H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda for honouring ECA's African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) 5th #AfricaClimateTalks on the theme of "Climate change and dev in Africa: a critical inquiry into NDCs 3.0 & just transitions for Africa" & supported by Sweden in Ethiopia & AU on margins of #ARFSD2024 UN Climate Change African Union

“The climate crisis need not inspire resignation or dread,” writes Dean ad interim Kelly Sims Gallagher in a piece for Foreign Affairs. “That is because the strategy to tackle climate change that governments have developed in the last 30 years is working.” foreignaffairs.com/world/climate-…

Africa holds immense potential for renewable energy, sustainable food systems, digital connectivity, and education. Let's harness these opportunities to drive progress and prosperity for all. Economic Report on Africa 2024 👉 uneca.org/economic-repor…… #ERA2024 #AfricaRising

"The race to net zero cannot trample over the poor" – António Guterres launches a new Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals to address issues of transparency, sustainability & human rights, and ensure a just transition for all. #ClimateAction un.org/en/climatechan…

Developing countries cannot be shackled to the bottom of the clean energy value chain. Today, I launched my Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals to address transparency, sustainability & human rights across the value chains of these materials.

There is enough food in the world today to feed everyone. Yet, millions go to bed on an empty stomach every night. No one should go hungry. Ever. ➡️ Find out how you can help achieve the #GlobalGoals and a #ZeroHungerworld: un.org/actnow

This was truly an awesome and inspiring conversation with Fatima Denton on such a crucial Topic: What if Africa were to strand its fossil fuels? You can't afford to miss this streamed here: youtu.be/dHiTKg0isE4

Africa deserves a voice in the international peace & security architecture. Strengthening it can only happen if African countries can participate in global governance structures as equals. This includes correcting the lack of permanent representation at the Security Council.

Happy #AfricaDay from ECA to African Union & all Africans. The AU’s 2024 theme of the year: Educate an African fit for the 21st Century, is a powerful reminder of the urgency to act and achieve #Agenda2030/2063 and that we can turn Africa into a global powerhouse.

For Linus, the African Energy Transition is about building Africa's clean energy future. Join the #AfricanEnergyDialogues as we bring together voices from the continent to help African countries chart their own path to a sustainable energy future. bit.ly/3JT3aCe

Pleased to see our very own Linus join the #AfricanEnergyDialogueSeries conversations to advocate for a clean energy future that will power access, resilience and prosperity. WRI Africa ECA

US National Academy of Sciences conference on Climate - should EU be exempting low income countries whose GHG emissions are below a certain threshold from CBAM in initial phases? #globalclimatejustice Linus Kelly Sims Gallagher Brad Setser Jason Bordoff Prof. Melissa C. Lott, PhD Gautam Jain

Met w/ COP29 Azerbaijan Pres. Mukhtar Babayev to discuss Africa’s priorities & common position on financing - Loss & Damage; alternative #ClimateFinancing; carbon markets & green bonds pricing; #GFI Reform & #SDR concessional loans to mitigate debilitating climate impact" Claver Gatete

“Ahead of #COP29, I met with Amb Ali Mohamed, Chair African Group of #ClimateChange Negotiators on ECA support to #AGN in data, macro & climate financing. Africa's common position requires facts & figures to strengthen Africa's advocacy and global voice". Claver Gatete

“Thanks to the late President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kiswahili has thrived as a language of unity, business, trade and exchange. Without a unifying language we cannot move our development objectives” - @cCaverGatete Executive Secretary ECA  #KiswahiliDay

As the world gathers to celebrate sport as a way to foster hope, unite people & promote mutual respect, I wish every success to the Olympians & Paralympians gathering in #Paris2024. May the Olympic flame light the path to a world of peace & harmony.

#IPCC's Synthesis Report 🌡️ Future #climatechange is projected to increase the severity of impacts across natural & human systems & will increase regional differences. 🦒 What is the risk of species losses at different levels of warming? 🔗 bit.ly/SRYRpt23