Summary
SEforALL reports on its leadership in organizing Ministerial Thematic Forums to secure Energy Compacts, its advocacy for eradicating energy poverty within the G20, and its technical support for national energy transitions in countries such as Nigeria and Rwanda. The organization also highlights the launch of practitioner tools for mini-grid emissions and sustainable cooling, alongside diplomatic engagements with the UAE and the US to accelerate the global energy transition toward SDG7.
Key insights
- SEforALL played a leading role in organizing Ministerial Thematic Forums (MTFs) from June 21 to 25, 2021, to prepare for the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy. These forums served as a platform for announcing Energy Compacts—voluntary commitments from Member States, businesses, and civil society detailing outcomes and timelines toward 2030.
- The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a USD 1 billion fund during the MTFs to increase the scale of distributed renewable energy globally. Additionally, SEforALL's own Energy Compact via the Universal Energy Facility aims to provide over 2 million new energy connections, create approximately 2 million jobs, and displace at least 1 million fossil-fuel-based generators and 4 MT of CO2 emissions by 2023.
- SEforALL worked with the G20 Presidency (Italy) to integrate energy poverty into the G20 agenda. This resulted in the G20 Climate and Energy Ministerial communiqué in Naples recognizing the link between the energy transition, climate change, and the 1.5° C goal for the first time, and the inclusion of an Executive Note on energy poverty in official outcome documents.
- The organization is providing technical support for energy system transformations in several countries. This includes work in Rwanda and Nigeria, as well as the first wave of Universal Energy Facility countries: Benin, Madagascar, and Sierra Leone.
- SEforALL released two new practitioner tools: the Mini-Grids Emissions Tool in August 2021 to help the sector quantify avoided carbon emissions, and a beta version of the Cooling for All Solutions Tool to identify sustainable cooling options.
- Through the Energy Transition Council (ETC), SEforALL facilitated country dialogues for Morocco in July and Nigeria in June to build national pathways for clean energy transitions and connect member countries with necessary support.
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- Sustainable Energy for All (2021). the last 100 Days. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-08/100-Days-Report-Aug-2021.pdf
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- {{cite report |author=Sustainable Energy for All |title=the last 100 Days |date=2 August 2021 |url=https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-08/100-Days-Report-Aug-2021.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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- @techreport{sustainableenergyforall2021last, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{the last 100 Days}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2021}, month = aug, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2021-08/100-Days-Report-Aug-2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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