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Event overview:

Title: Exploring Alternative Renewable Energy Financing Pathways

Format: Virtual Lecture 

Date and Time: 16:00-18:00 (GMT+2), 16 November 2023

The upcoming virtual lecture invites a conversation about alternative financing models for renewable energy technology, diverging from the conventional reliance on multinational corporations public-private partnerships. The central focus lies on addressing the capital needs essential for transitioning to renewable energy that considers sustainable production and consumption, restorative practice of planetary systems, energy access and affordability.Recognizing the government sector's budget constraints, hinders their ability to fund the transition adequately, this conversation places emphasis on forging partnerships broader than the public and private sector. The primary aim is to engage with possibilities of various public-public partnerships that might ensure a more equitable and just energy transition. The lecture also underscores the recognition of energy as a fundamental social need (SDG 7) and explores the concept of renewable energy as a 'public good' within the framework of a just transition.

TRAJECTS Global Academy offers a space to foster knowledge, collaboration, learning and unlearning on sustainability transitions between Colombia, South Africa, and Germany. The Academy aims to inspire, share and co-create innovative ‘solutions’ for communities and countries facing similar challenges. The first TRAJECTS Global Academy will offer four spaces for collective learning and engaging in critical dialogue and exchange on just and sustainability transitions.

In this Dialogue, some of our TRAJECTS Fellows from Colombia, Indonesia, and India, doing a research stay in Germany will discuss about the key challenges and opportunities for a just transition out of coal in the Global South.

Educational approaches for transitions

Environmental Education and Citizen Science

Speakers:

Alicia Hernández.

Environmental Education Specialist.

Professor IDEA.

Universidad Nacional.

Leonardo Alfonso.

Hydroinformatics Specialist.

Professor at IHE Institute.

Delft University.

María Jimena Henao.

PhD Candidate.

Citizen Science Expert.

Universidad Nacional - TRAJECTS.

Nataly Díaz.

Academic Coordinator TRAJECTS Latam.

Lecturer IDEA.

Universidad Nacional.

Instructions to join the event:

The event will be streamed on our Youtube channel TRAJECTS Events.

To joint the event in English, click here or use the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk39HnDgPNA

To joint the event in Spanish, click here or use the following link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUs6hwGtgNY

Paradoxes: The High Demand for Coal Exports and Emerging Just Energy Transitions Investment Initiatives. A Global South exchange.

National Energy Sector Outreach Partner Event: “Best Practices in Just Transition Policies in Coal Regions – The Role of Energy Transition Partnerships and International Partnerships”

This side event in the frame of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue - BETD, delves into the issue of international cooperation’s, such as the Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JET-Ps) and other international partnerships, on supporting decarbonisation processes. As we move away from coal-dependent economies, the need for JET-Ps and robust international partnerships has never been more apparent. This interactive event will serve as an important platform for sharing insights and strategies that have proven successful in addressing the socio-economic impacts of coal phase-out. It gives the opportunities for networking with a diverse group of stakeholders, fostering international partnerships that can offer mutual support and shared learning. 

Host Organisations: 

• Transnational Centre for Just Transitions in Energy, Climate & Sustainability (TRAJECTS – an international DAAD-financed climate center based in Germany, Colombia, and South-Africa). 
• Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF). 
• Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin). 

Date and Time: Thursday, 21st March 2024, 09:00-12:45  

Location: Restaurant Internationaler Club (ICAA) in the Federal Foreign Office.
Kurstraße 36, 10117 Berlin.

Note: Due to the high demand of participants, the register does not warrantee a place in the event. You will be contacted via email later informing if you are able to attend to this event.

The TRAJECTS Centre will be hosting an information session via Zoom for the Senior and Junior Research Stay Applicants in English and Spanish on March 2nd, with the Berlin and South African time of 15 hr (3 pm) until 16 hr (4 pm). The information session will be to address any questions the applicants or interested parties may have. The informative speaker will also walk thru the steps of applying for the calls.

Sustainability Transition Dialogue co-organized with CAPAZ, Uni Magdalena and the Oraloteca on the role of green hydrogen in the energy transition.