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Energy Transitions & Investment in Emerging Markets: Navigating Shifting Undercurrents
Explore how impact-driven businesses, private sector capital, and concessional finance can adapt and thrive in this evolving environment.
Call for Papers! SETI 2025 Annual Workshop
The Sustainable Energy Transitions Initiative (SETI) invites submissions of research manuscripts, extended abstracts, and policy session proposals for its Tenth Annual Workshop.
Force of Water: Duke University Screening
Join us for a panel discussion featuring Andrea Johnson (Green Empowerment), Jonathan Phillips, Dr. Jeseth Delgado-Vela, and Kay Jowers, following a special screening of Force of Water, a documentary that highlights the efforts of two communities—one in Ecuador and one in Uganda—as they mobilize to construct their own piped water systems.
Powering Progress: Energy, Development, and Collaboration in South Sudan
Join Luol Deng, former NBA star and philanthropist, John Prendergast, human rights advocate and co-founder of The Sentry, and Anteneh Addisu, Duke alum and social innovation entrepreneur, to explore renewable energy, collaboration, and transformative development in South Sudan.
Graduate Student Teams from Around the World Compete to Address Energy Business Challenges in Emerging Markets
Teams from Syracuse, Duke and McGill universities were collectively awarded $15,000 for developing energy business models for Ugandan e-mobility company Zembo.
Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition 2024 – Final Rounds
Join us for the 12th annual Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition, where finalist teams will present their innovative proposals for Zembo, an e-mobility leader in Uganda!
How Can Energy Transitions Balance Growth, Decarbonization, and Human Development?
Catch up on a recent high-level discussion at the Nest Climate Campus during New York Climate Week, which explored the challenges faced by low- and middle-income countries in addressing urgent climate adaptation and development needs while pursuing clean energy transitions that prioritize human flourishing.