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.
Stories
Publications
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Indigenous peoples say “Water is life”
December 2, 2016Maryknoll Sister Patricia Ryan and members of the indigenous community where she works in Peru came to Washington, D.C. in […]
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Donald Trump’s election raises concerns on climate commitments – CIDSE
November 10, 2016In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States of America, right after the ratification of […]
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Living in a low-carbon emission community
March 1, 2016Stefan Salzmann is Desk officer for Sustainability at the Swiss Lenten Fund – Fastenopfer. He’s the father of a 1 […]
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CIDSE Events at the EDDs
June 1, 2015CIDSE Debates at the European Development Days 2015: Europe’s leading forum on development and international cooperation
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Missing Pieces – Steps to phasing out dirty fossil fuel
December 1, 2014CIDSE and Climate Action Network – Europe have produced policy recommendations on bringing an end to fossil subsidies in Europe.