Climate Compatible Growth #CCG

😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 Very happy to be supporting this event, spreading the OSeMOSYS word so that it can help multiple stakeholders in South Africa analyse their data, model various scenarios on future energy choices and then create a policy framework that supports this and, hopefully, attracts climate investment. So great to see different teams coming together for one common goal. And this is a brilliant example of how 💥 knowledge products can be used anywhere in the world, with the right funding support, 💥 to bring together multiple agendas - economic growth, education, health, climate mitigation, food security - around the unifying facilitator of a sustainable clean energy system. 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 💚 💙 Ligia Zagato OpTIMUS Open Tools Integrated Modelling and Upskilling for Sustainable Development

We are celebrating ⭐ 50 citations for this paper ⭐ from Katherine Collett and Stephanie Hirmer: https://lnkd.in/eB5WJzK4 It's called "Data needed to decarbonize paratransit in Sub-Saharan Africa" Sustainably transitioning to #electricvehicles is challenging where transport and electricity systems are poorly defined due to a lack of data, such as those dominated by #paratransit (informal, privately owned ‘public’ transport). The paper calls for a more systemic approach to data collection as a key enabler for this transition. Congratulations to the team! Ligia Zagato Alfie Alsop Peter Rooney University of Oxford

Coming up this Wednesday, more great support from the #EnergyModellingCommunity with shared experiences from graduates of the Energy Modelling Platforms delivered on behalf of the OpTIMUS Open Tools Integrated Modelling and Upskilling for Sustainable Development Community. The focus is mainly on OSeMOSYS and CLEWs Climate-, Land-, Energy-, Water-systems. Take a look 👀 below and put it in your calendar. 📅

💚 Thanks to everyone who made this Annual Workshop such a success 💚 We know that our UK-based colleagues like Stephanie Hirmer Beatrice Stockport Kirsty Mackinlay, PhD Rebecca Clube George Carew-Jones and Leonhard Hofbauer always appreciate the quality of interactions from our colleagues in Zambia, who have a close-up view of the issues. Our sincere thanks to everyone who took part and to our CCG Zambia team: Kabwe Harnadih Mubanga, PhD and Clement Sichimwa for making it happen. Alfie Alsop Ayrton Fund Imperial College London UCL Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford

Still in the celebratory mood and we would like to celebrate the following whom have shaped the Energy Planning and Access towards a low carbon transition for the nation and by extension in Africa. Kudos for the great contributions Faith Wandera-Odongo, Elsie Khakasa Onsongo, Sarah Odera, Rebekah Shirley, Ph.D. , Lorraine Dixon, Ann Kirugi, Anne Kiburi, CP3P, Monicah Kitili, Felister Nabwire, Michelle Akute, Teddy Nalubega Annahstacia Kasyima Robina Bosibori Abuya Anne N. Angwenyi Lara Allen Elizabeth Tennyson Kirsty Mackinlay, PhD Sandile Mtetwa-Omuthe, PhD

In our latest blog, our highly-respected and much-loved colleague Elizabeth Tennyson looks back at 4 years with CCG in a pivotal role as Country Programme Manager, establishing lasting partnerships with countries across the Global South. Beth is moving on now to look 👀 for ⭐ new opportunities ⭐ and we wish her all the best. 🍀 Read her blog here: https://lnkd.in/eZ4KsyxN Nam Nguyen Hoang Martin Mutembei Sounthisack Phommachanh Anne Nganga Alfie Alsop Centre for Global Equality Lara Allen

We have just wrapped up our training and model co-development workshop aimed at supporting integrated energy planning in #Zambia this morning. The workshop was organised with Tec Analytics under the ZERN SPF project, and was co-hosted with @CIGZambia. It is part of a series of workshops organised under an MoU with the Ministry of Energy. It was attended by participants from the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Finance, the The University Of Zambia (UNZA), ZESCO Limited and others. During the workshop, participants used the OSeMOSYS-Zambia whole energy system model to conduct and present short integrated energy system analyses. Another great example of #opensource #energymodellingtools providing critical information and insight. The Zambia Energy Resource Nexus project focuses on developing a holistic understanding of the energy-water-land nexus in Zambia, supporting stakeholder conversations and integrated planning across sectors. This includes scoping work on the overarching nexus, work on land scenarios and modelling, work on integrated energy planning (this workshop and modelling support for the #CleanCooking Strategy and Action Plan being developed by the Ministry of Energy). Thanks to Bernard Tembo, PhD Yanda Hamilemba Joseph mutale Lorraine Ross Leonhard Hofbauer Steve Pye and Jen Cronin Of interest to Ligia Zagato Alfie Alsop Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office UCL

💥 ENERGY MODELLERS 💥 the network for you - the Energy Modelling Community - is really taking off now 🦅 and here are some more brilliant resources to support you on your journey to even higher level skills. Learn from the shared experiences of four peers and maybe soon you'll be sharing YOUR experiences.

This was one of the best events this financial year for the Kenya Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme. A meet of great minds in the energy sector that comprised subject experts and consultants from Government (National &County) , Academia and Industry (CSO's, Corporates and Financial Institutions) Interesting conversations around CCG Data-to-Deal Framework, GEDSI, Carbon Market, and Energy Projects Financing , beyond the programme the teams participated also in the Review of Kenya Energy Policy 2025 that is currently in the public participation phase. What is Data-to-deal Data-to-Deal is a framework pioneered in Costa Rica, which CCG has adopted to provide a wider framework for our core activities. D2D provides a series of actions to help countries unlock investment potential for the climate transition, and a means to analyse successful examples of this process. It encompasses seven key elements: 1. Politics: Garnering high-level support for decarbonisation and inclusive growth 2. Preparation: Establishing the foundations of institutional capacity 3. Vision: Aligning climate change objectives with broader development goals 4. Modelling: Conducting Deliberative quantification of scenarios 5. Consultation: Engaging inclusively across stakeholder groups 6. Operationalisation: Enhancing the policy and regulatory framework 7. Finance: Developing investment plans and financing strategies The D2D pipeline provides a pathway of actions to assist countries that will be at different stages of their climate transition journey. This page provides resources that can help decision-makers learn more about the approach and find useful resources to kickstart their path to investment. https://lnkd.in/dMbfQHjB

We heartily endorse this message from our friends at GGI, for whom we provide the secretariat. We need to keep the focus on Grids and make sure the talk turns into action - as it sometimes does NOT in the Climate sector. As we have said before, without grids, cables, networks, all the newly generated clean energy will have nowhere to go and so will not provide any benefits to rural communities and marginalised groups. #NoTransitionWithoutTransmission #greengrids Georgie Skipper Jairo Quiros-Tortos Marcus Stewart