By Everjoice Win & Olivia Coldrey The triple threat of the climate crisis, COVID-19 pandemic and deepening inequality demands urgent, bold responses from all sectors of society. However, if the…
By Mela Chiponda, SHINE Director September 21, 2023 Ending fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy should be front and centre at the Climate Ambition Summit now competing for attention…
In the previous month, we explored how two organizations benefited from small grants. Today, we bring you two more organizations that demonstrate the power of small grants. The first organization…
In a world where big grants and programs dominate, small grants are avoided, felt to be more trouble to transact for the impact to be delivered. However, Shine’s experience demonstrates…
By Christine Eibs Singer For the first time in 20 years, the IEA reports that the number of people around the world who live without electricity was set to rise…
By Everjoice Win and Mark Correnti Although at times contentious, the Europe-sub-Saharan Africa relationship is highly-intertwined and dependent, particularly in the quest to solve fossil fuel energy dependency, development, climate…
The Shine Campaign has joined Power Up, a new campaign supporting African efforts to seek greater global funding for affordable green energy – essential for adaptation to the climate…
By Everjoice J. Win* This week, climate action activists, faith leaders, scientists, governments, civil society groups and journalists are gathered in Libreville, Gabon, for the official Africa Climate Week. The…
The Shine Campaign community learnt with shock and sadness, that our colleague and friend Sandra Smithey passed on. It was only at the end of February this year, that we…
By Fletcher Harper and Emira Woods Thanks to the generosity of Sustainable Energy for All, Shine hosted a panel discussion at COP26 about the pivotal importance of energy access…
Witnessing the devastation of COVID-19 across the globe over the past year and a half, the importance of decentralized energy access providers has never been more evident. In response,…
Dear Shine Community, In the three months since I joined this wonderful community, I have been challenged and inspired as I’ve listened, learned, and become acquainted with our history and…
International Women’s Rights and Development Leader to Head Campaign to Increase Investment in Clean, Renewable Energy for Last Mile Communities WASHINGTON, D.C. June 2, 2021 – The Shine Campaign…
By Shine Staff When the street lights flickered on in the Ndosho neighborhood of Goma last March, it marked not just an important step for the impoverished area of…
The energy-access community needs a “radical new approach” which emphasizes greater clarity and ensures that available resources are more widely distributed, according to a new report from a Shine partner…
By Sarah Alexander Senior Advisor, SELCO Foundation COVID-19 has shone a bright light on the pervasive societal evils of inequality, capital bias, absence of safety nets and dependence on…
By K Kaufmann September 30, 2020 A new fund has been launched to provide microgrants of $3,000 to $10,000 to the women entrepreneurs and community organizations working to provide clean,…
By Katherine Lucey Founder and CEO, Solar Sister It is often underserved communities who are disproportionately affected in times of crisis and natural disaster. As Solar Sister first started…
By: Ajaita Shah, Chinenye Anekwe, and Makoma Lekalakala Safe hand washing and stocking the fridge with supplies may seem commonplace to those facing the COVID-19 pandemic, but for many…
By Sanjoy Sanyal Foreign entrepreneurs corner the lion’s share of investment coming into Africa. It has been whispered in industry conferences, ranted about in social media posts and written…
By: Dimitrios Mentis Modern energy services are proven to be a key enabler for socio-economic development and can upgrade the level and the quality of education, gender equality, indoor…
An opinion piece by Shine Steering Committee members Sheila Oparaocha (ENERGIA) and Ajaita Shah (Frontier Markets) along with Elizabeth Cecelski (ENERGIA), Rabia Ferroukhi (IRENA), Dymphna van der Lans (Clean Cooking Alliance), Irene…
By: GeorgeMike Luberenga of Solar Health Uganda Energy powers health. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic is shining a light on the importance of electricity to power critical infrastructures like hospitals,…
by Mark Correnti Americans are being urged by experts that frequent hand washing is one of the best ways to guard themselves and others against the deadly coronavirus. At the…
In March 2020, responsAbility announced the launch of a new 3-million-dollar donor-funded technical assistance facility to support local capacity building and market development. With initial funding from Good Energies Foundation…
On February 21, 2020 Shine’s Emira Woods joined a delegation of Africa policy Advocates in a meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy.
In the last week alone, three of the world’s wealthiest individuals have pledged funds to battle climate change…These new commitments, potentially doubling the amount of money flowing into climate-change efforts, do not let the rest of philanthropy off the hook.
A recent desk study published jointly by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the African Union, Review of Woodfuel Biomass Production and Utilization in Africa, takes stock of the current situation and proposes policies and strategies for Member States to accelerate the transition to renewable energy sources.
A Swiss impact asset manager, responsAbility, has announced the first close of its new energy access fund. The private debt fund addresses the lack of access to clean power globally with a strong focus on sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia.
By William Minter, Editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin This article was originally published in Foreign Policy in Focus on December 5, 2019. Just before this year’s global climate summit opened…
On December 10th, International Human Rights Day, stakeholders in the last mile solar energy distribution sector convened to spotlight energy access as a human right. The event marked the U.S.…
By Emma Colenbrander, Head of the Global Distributors Collective Products like solar lights, solar home systems and improved cookstoves and fuels are an important piece of addressing energy poverty,…
In October Sustainable Energy for All (SEForAll) released their 2019 Energizing Finance Report, a two-part report series that shines a light on financial investments in the electricity sector between 2015-2017. Overall,…
By Alexia Kelly, CEO of Electric Capital Management and co-chair of LEDS Global Partnership Finance Working Group. Across Africa, India, and other regions of the Global South, there is an urgent need to mobilize funds…
No renewable energy project should move forward without seeking the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous communities, especially if there are plans to build directly on Indigenous lands. Unfortunately,…
By Alexia Kelly, CEO of Electric Capital Management and co-chair of LEDS Global Partnership Finance Working Group. Across Africa, India, and other regions of the Global South, there is an urgent need…
Final Day – Wrapping Up Financing the Future Summit As the Financing the Future Summit wrapped up, participants offered a range of powerful commitments that will advance Shine’s mission and…
The Shine team at the Financing the Future Summit (L-R: Mark Correnti, Dwayne Linville, Emira Woods, and Rev. Fletcher Harper) Day 2 – Cape Town, South Africa The Financing The…
Following the announcement of $11T divestment from fossil fuels industry milestone yesterday, day one of Financing The Future Global Climate Divest-Invest Summit kicked off today. The rooms were filled with…
Today at the Financing the Future Summit, the message could not have been clearer or more consistent with the mission of the Shine campaign: the time has come to end…
The world urgently needs a rapid transition to a renewable energy economy to protect the well-being of all people and our planet. Access to clean, reliable and affordable energy has…
A key strategy of the Shine Campaign is championing solutions that lift up the vision and values of energy access enterprises and leaders. This case study in effective community action…
Over three billion people cook every day using dirty sources of fuel. The negative impacts on people’s health, safety, and the environment are vast and will have long term effects…
In 2019, close to a billion people still lack access to modern forms of energy, and nearly 3 billion people remain reliant on kerosene, wood, and other heavily-polluting forms of…
The Global Distributors Collective (GDC) held its first ever last mile distribution member event this week, to raise the profile of the distribution sector and companies reaching the last mile with innovative…
By Salesian Missions Tanzania is one of the 30 fastest growing economies and spends a higher percentage of its GDP on education. In theory, this should correspond to the…
World Resources Institute (WRI), with the support of the Wallace Global Fund and DOEN Foundation, has been supporting local last mile and indigenous pay-as-you-go energy access distributors in Kenya. As…
Following the GOGLA Annual General Meeting, the Shine Campaign continued its week-long trip to Amsterdam by participating in Sustainable Energy for All’s (SEforALL) Charrettes. Shine partner SEforALL brought together nearly…
Shine Campaign leaders attended GOGLA’s Annual General Meeting in Amsterdam this week. Established in 2012, GOGLA is the global member association for the off-grid solar energy industry. The association, of which Shine is…
By the Shine Campaign There are few things more important for a community’s well-being than reliable, affordable access to energy. With over a billion people still lacking access to…
Bangladesh should be ready to cope with climate change induced migration of 10 million coastal villagers to the cities over the next two decades.
The escalating risks posed by climate change and biodiversity loss will require big changes in what we put on our plates and the decisions farmers make in their fields, scientists warn.
Africa Liberation Day on, Saturday May 25, has been celebrated for over 5 decades. It represents a clarion call to the continent as her diaspora demands complete political and economic…
Sharing Shine’s commitment to putting last mile communities first, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) has signed on as the campaign’s newest partner. REEEP envisions a world in which…
In an increasingly resource-constrained world, sustainable investing is critical to protecting the environment – and business profitability. Shine partner World Resources Institute (WRI) recently took a hard look at how they could better align…
Today marks the annual observance of the United Nations’ International Day of Families. This global commemoration highlights the importance that the international community attaches to families and their role in…
Shine attended a productive Emerging Markets Conference this week in Denver, Colorado. Hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the conference brought investors, startups and industry leaders together to…
While today is Earth Day, yesterday – Easter – was the most important day of the year for Christians. It was a day to celebrate new life and the unstoppable…
Shine recently welcomed SunFunder, responsAbility and Bidhaa Sasa to the campaign. Each of our three new partners have made notable commitments to providing universal access to clean, affordable and reliable…
A catalytic collaboration with IKEA Foundation and SunFunder made possible the first close of the Solar Energy Transformation (SET) Fund. The first-loss capital from Shine Campaign co-founder IKEA Foundation, was indispensable in enabling SunFunder to leverage $42.5m in commitments. “The IKEA Foundation is…
Things are looking bright for Shine in 2019 as we kick off the new year with some exciting news about our campaign growth and leadership. During the past year, the…
450 million rural villagers in India do not have access to a stable energy supply. Villagers are demanding more than the occasional lighting. They want reliable power, appliances and quick…
Shine is pleased to welcome CEFA Onlus as the newest member of our campaign Steering Committee. CEFA Onlus, founded in 1972 in Italy by a group of agricultural cooperatives related…
Powerful connections can happen in the most unlikely places. What started as a conversation between two strangers on a bus has grown into a major investment that will transform the…
SEforAll has done us all a big favor with its second annual review of the financial picture for achieving universal access to energy. Their new Energizing Finance is out and…
For nearly 30 years, PYXERA Global has facilitated mutually beneficial partnerships between the public, private, and social sectors worldwide to create social impact projects that inclusively and sustainably enrich lives and livelihoods.…
MCE is a nonprofit impact investing firm with a mission is to generate economic opportunities for women and families living in poverty throughout the developing world. MCE has expanded its…
The Bhumi Project’s latest report, authored in partnership with GreenFaith, the Shine Campaign and EPG Economic and Strategy Consulting, is a first-of-its-kind look at how Indian religious and spiritual institutions…
Solar Sister envisions a brighter world powered by women entrepreneurs. Women’s rights, climate justice and energy justice are intersectional issues that need integrated solutions. Solar Sister believes women are a…
From San Francisco to Switzerland, The Shine Campaign has a whirlwind of activity planned for the fall! We’re starting it off at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), where leaders…
Energy Peace Partners leverages economic and climate solutions to support peace in places affected by violent conflict. We believe that a paradigm shift toward climate-sensitive development can deliver enduring benefits…
For African rural households who get access to electricity via solar power for the first time, it can be a life-changing experience. What, if any, are the affects? If they…
LOVE FOR LIFE is a Berlin-based non-profit organization founded in 2014. Our mission is to create conscious, sustainable change to empower people and to protect nature. The Organization does this…
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development works to catalyze a transition to a sustainable, thriving, and spiritually-aware society through the leadership of faith communities. ICSD reveals the connection between religion…
How can one of the world’s largest religions harness its collective power and its enormous capital to end some of the world’s ills? That’s the central question that was tackled…
The Shine Campaign is off to an ambitious start. We announced US$100 million in money committed to solving energy access by 2030 at our launch in Lisbon in May. Our…
Pollinate Energy (now merged with Empower Generation) brings life-changing products to the millions of people living in economic and energy poverty in India’s city slums and Nepal’s remote villages. Our…
To end energy poverty, Shine is bringing faith communities together, empowering local communities and engaging new partners as one voice around renewable energy access. Shine Campaign Director Lisa Jordan sat…
Nights can be dark for the tens of millions of people uprooted by conflicts or natural disasters around the world. For those who live in vulnerable conditions, the importance of…
The Shine Campaign was officially launched during the final day of the Sustainable Energy for All Forum at the Convento de Beato in Lisbon, Portugal. Comprising over 35 civic organizations…
Campaign partners commit to increase energy access and meet the vision of Sustainable Goal 7: Access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. 3 May, 2018 (Lisbon, Portugal)…
The IKEA Foundation’s mission is to create substantial and lasting change by funding holistic, long-term programmes in some of the world’s poorest communities that address children’s fundamental needs: home, health,…
Serving 600 million evangelicals through its network, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), is the second largest historic Christian organization in the world. Present in 129 countries through national WEA Alliances…
Oikocredit is a worldwide cooperative with over 40 years in social impact investing. Its mission is to enable low-income people to sustainably improve their living standards. Since Oikocredit was founded…
Brahma Kumaris is a worldwide spiritual movement dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal. Founded in India in 1937, it has spread to over 120 countries on all continents and…
The mission of the Wallace Global Fund is to promote an informed and engaged citizenry, to fight injustice, and to protect the diversity of nature and the natural systems upon…