BUILDING RESILIENT ENERGY SYSTEMS
While some poor and vulnerable communities live without energy access, they are also on the frontline for climate change impacts.
CIDSE advocates for the transformation of the global energy system so that it protects and delivers for all its people. Building safe, affordable, reliable, and efficient energy systems based on renewable sources will meet development needs while complying with the goal of the Paris Agreement to stay within 1.5°C warming of global average temperatures. Such systems can also positively contribute to address the causes of climate change and increase local resilience to current and future climatic impacts. CIDSE also denounces false solutions such as coal, large hydro-power projects, agrofuels and nuclear which can’t deliver a fair and long-term transition.
We believe a rapid global shift to 100% renewable energy production by no later than 2050 is absolutely necessary, as well as a radical and rapid reduction of energy consumption across all sectors. CIDSE also identifies the need to reduce the overall energy footprint of our lifestyles in the global north, and we promote this in our work on sustainable lifestyles.

Officer
Lydia Lehlogonolo Machaka
machaka(at)cidse.org
Stories
Publications
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COP29: Glass less than half full?
November 25, 2024COP29 takes a shy step towards advancing climate finance. PRESS RELEASEBrussels, 25 November 2024 The UN Climate Change conference (COP29) […]
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Banking on Renewables
November 8, 2024Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the […]
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What Is at Stake for CIDSE at COP29?
November 7, 2024The Transformative Action We Need for the Future We Want PRESS RELEASEBrussels, 7 November 2024 CIDSE Delegation to Advocate for […]
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CIDSE@COP29
October 28, 2024NEW: “The New Collective Quantified Goal will be the make-or-break issue for the success of COP29.” The UNFCCC Climate Change […]
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Sufficiency at the Heart of the EU’s Future
September 17, 2024CIDSE, joins over 90 European organisations from civil society, academia, cities and local authorities, businesses and public service operators in […]