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There’s something magical about bringing 200+ activists together. It’s not just about having everyone in the same room to learn new skills and plan for next steps. It’s about the energy – and synergy – it creates: being able to recognize ourselves and our struggles in someone else, and find hope in each other; create connection, supercharge our resolve and realize we are much stronger than we think. It’s about being human, sharing joy, finding community – unlocking a kind of power that cannot be overstated, and shouldn’t be underestimated.

Throughout this last week, people from 70 different countries came together in Brazil for the Renew Our Power, a global multilingual gathering organized by 350.org and partners to spark community-led renewable energy projects across the world. 

Our 5 panels were broadcasted online, in 4 languages, to ensure that the energy and momentum of this gathering reaches even further. During this week, we were joined online by people from over 50 countries – and if you were not one of them, you can still watch them here.

Here are some highlights of this last week:

Visual facilitation: Arte da Conversa

Renew Our Power was a beautiful reminder that being together in a fight means big, but also small things – from helping tidy up the rooms after meetings, to proposing sessions, thoughtfully engaging, respecting each other and being open to learn from and honor different perspectives and experiences. Everyone at the event was actively involved with something, bringing a strong sense of collective ownership and collaboration.

And that translates into stronger sync too! Connection is found in every detail: at meals, doing art together, in group discussions, taking action, exchanging contact details and signing partnership agreements. All that happened this week, and the ripple effects of this newly found collective network will be felt and keep being translated into action for a long time.

Photo: Kathleen Lei Limayo

More than activists fighting to protect our climate, the people who joined Renew Our Power are justice defenders. The intersections between the climate crisis and all surrounding injustices were at the heart of this gathering, and permeated all discussions.

Honoring the original owners of the land where it happened, the Karajá people, we took leadership from Indigenous and Traditional communities from across Brazil and around the world. We upheld space for ancestral knowledge and practices, and elevated women’s leadership. On the last day, we held a Popular Assembly (Asemblea Popular) to create consensus over how we can break free from systems of oppression and extractivist practices in our fight for a cleaner energy future. There was strong alignment that the solutions to the climate crisis will only be just if they put most impacted people and communities front and center. 

Renew Our Power also supported language diversity, and was held in a multilingual setup with hosts and speakers talking in several different languages. 

Photo: Kathleen Lei Limayo

Throughout our days together, we learned from our lived experiences. But we also reimagined our future: a world shaped around shared values of community and belonging, where energy systems are organized around people, not profit.

We learned about how locally based renewable energy is already creating a positive revolution on the lives of individuals, families and communities. And we explored how to create, finance and win local campaigns to scale up renewable energy in our countries and globally.

The panel “Radical futures: building community by transforming the energy system” explored what roots us and what drives our dreams: resilience, action, justice, care, love. And several sessions also discussed our vision of what we would like to build together and in our own communities. Strength comes from anger, but also from hope – at Renew Our Power we were intentional in grounding ourselves in what we fight for. 

Photo: Kathleen Lei Limayo

Building bridges across the world was one of the objectives of this gathering, and seeing connecting lines emerging and strengthening as days went by was very inspiring and motivating. To allow synergy-building discussions to go deeper, we intentionally build spaces for thematic and regional learning and planning.

The momentum is growing for a global day of action in September 2025, when people from all around the world will come together to call for climate justice ahead of COP30 in Brazil. This mobilization will show that despite wars, climate impacts and deepening inequalities, we continue to dream, to organize across movements — in solidarity and support, to remake our collective future. 

Sign up here to be part of it!

Photo: Kathleen Lei Limayo

This may be the final decisive decade to act on behalf of all life on the planet and limit global heating to safe levels. At Renew Our Power it became clear that we are leading the way — and we need decision-makers to follow suit.

Representing our wide global diversity, a delegation of Renew Our Power participants went to Brasília on April 15th to call for a direct response to the letter delivered to the COP30 presidency during the Free Land Camp (Acampamento Terra Livre), demanding the just energy transition to be part of the agenda for this year’s UN Climate Summit. We held a peaceful protest at the doors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the office of COP30’s presidency is located.

Our demands resonated far and beyond our gathering. On the last day, the Brazilian Environment and Climate Change Minister and longtime environment defender, Marina Silva, gave the closing keynote speech at Renew Our Power and her presence is a sign that our call is being heard.

As Marina Silva said at the her speech at Renew Our Power:

“In 2025 we’ll meet in Belém and we’ve already decided that given the imminence of the point of no return of the climate crisis, we’re going to implement what we’ve discussed over the last few decades.

The idea of ​​climate justice and a just energy transition needs to be increasingly reinforced and considered at all stages of the negotiation and planning process. And this must be done with wisdom. What we need is a new perspective. It may sound dreamy, but it’s the only thing that will save us.”

It’s time for us and for governments to radically reimagine our future – a future that is led by and for the people. Join us!

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There’s an unlimited supply of information flying around the internet, on the news and on social media. Still, it’s important to remember that it’s not all reliable, legitimate or factually correct.  This is why, before we accept and share a claim, it’s important to think about:

Credibility evaluates how trustworthy the source where we found the claim is. 

We would give more credibility to a claim made in a peer-reviewed study published in a top-tier publication than a non-peer-reviewed industry report. And we’d give more credibility to an independent source than a fossil fuel company’s website.

However, it’s important to note that a credible claim doesn’t always equal a true statement! 

Examples of really credible sources:

• Peer-reviewed studies: The higher the tier of the publishing journal, the more credible. This report on how much money countries should commit to in order to advance on climate action is a good example of a really credible source. 

Examples of fairly credible sources:

• Photos, videos, documents, etc: Highly credible, but easily manipulable.
• Expert testimony: Credibility depends on the expert’s reputation and needs backing up.

Examples of less credible sources:

• Witness testimonies: Always need backing up.
• Leaks and off-the-record: Need to fact check.
• Social media posts: See above.
• AI: Always need to check the sources.
• Advertorials: Check if the writer or publisher has a vested interest.

Photo: Linda Cooke May

Plausibility evaluates how much something seems true alongside our previous knowledge. 

For example, if the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that fossil fuels are safe to use and we can move ahead with business-as-usual, the claim would not be plausible even if the IPCC is a credible institution. 

A plausible claim is not necessarily true. And, in reverse, an implausible claim might be true (but would to be backed by solid evidence).

In the example above the IPCC would need a lot of evidence to back its claim that business-as-usual is the way to go. Luckily, this is not what they actually say, you can read more on what their latest report actually says here. 

The idea of combatting the climate crisis by reducing our individual carbon footprint is still something that is referred to today (pictured above). But it was actually invented by BP in a bid to distract people away from the real problem, fossil fuels.

How do we know? Tons of scientific research refuting it. Don’t know whether to believe us? Good! Time for you to go and do your research!

Coherence evaluates how much sense the claim makes on its own, without considering its context.

For example: “It has been proven that fossil fuels cause climate change, yes, but in this case it’s actually the Sun” is an incoherent claim.

Whilst coherent claims are not necessarily true claims, incoherent claims, are most likely not true or at least not accurate. They require fact-checking.

It’s impossible to be 100% certain but if you use these three things to evaluate the claim then you will be able to make a more informed decision about whether it is reliable or not. Some other important tips that you can keep in mind, while navigating news, are: 

• Technical and specialized language can make something sound legitimate, but it doesn’t mean it is. An understanding of the different terminology associated with the climate crisis, transition away from fossil fuels and renewable energy, is important,
• Also, science can’t provide the answer to every question and doesn’t always take into account the lived experiences of communities or intergenerational knowledge. So although we’re guided by science, it’s important to consider a variety of sources.
• Whilst talking about the climate crisis is so important to keep building our movement, misinformation is rife. It’s important we stay curious, think critically and try to fact-check claims as much as we can before we share them. Read our series where we fact check false solutions to the climate crisis!

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The good news is that despite US attempts to rollback climate progress, Ministers held steadfast in their commitment to the 1.5 degree limit to global heating enshrined in the Paris Agreement, and underlined the need to not only uphold multilateral cooperation, but strengthen it. This sets the stage for COP30 to be the turning point when governments finally start turning climate promises into serious climate action.

The bad news is that the gaps between words and action remain enormous. Climate financing for the Global South has increased, but remains $1 trillion short of what’s needed annually. The current climate policies of all countries combined would only produce a 2% reduction in emissions by 2030, even if fully implemented. That’s far short of the 43% drop needed to hold the line on 1.5 degrees and stave off full-blown climate catastrophe.

“COPs don’t begin when the conference doors open, but long before”, COP30’s CEO Ana Toni has emphasized. The most crucial milestones this year are the updated national climate plans (Nationally Determined Contributions) that all parties to the UN climate convention have to submit every five years. To date, only a handful of countries have released new NDCs. But 350’s analysis of the plans so far submitted shows encouraging momentum on the desperately needed shift from polluting fossil fuels to clean energy.

Of 19 newly updated NDCs, 16 adopt the goal of tripling renewable energy capacity that was agreed two years ago at COP28. And a dozen include concrete targets that are aligned with meeting or exceeding the 3x goal by 2030. A few countries are even ahead of schedule!

With 178 national climate plans still to play for, we all have a part to play in raising our leaders’ ambitions. 350.org is working with hundreds of community groups, youth leaders and indigenous associations around the world who are literally taking the power into their own hands. Rather than waiting for politicians to act, they are starting a clean energy revolution from the bottom up, starting with decentralized solar and mini-hydro solutions that put affordable and reliable power into the hands of marginalized communities.  

From April 13 to April 17 in Brazil, 350.org and partners will bring together over 200 of these community leaders from 70 countries to share skills and strategies and build a global movement for a just energy transition. As civil society, this is our collective contribution to the spirit of “mutirão” advocated by Brazilian COP President Andréa Corrêa do Lago as a guiding principle for climate action: coming together as a community on a shared task, with empathy, understanding and togetherness.–And, by showing what can be done even in some of the most under-resourced communities in the world, we aim to ramp up the pressure on leaders to turn their COP promises into reality by implementing renewable energy at scale and speed. 

Thanks to current geopolitics, the road to this year’s COP will be an undeniably rocky one, but it could end in a surprisingly positive place. More and more communities, businesses, investors and politicians are catching on to the fact that we can trade expensive, risky, and polluting fossil fuels for affordable clean power that is locally produced and controlled. The COP goal of tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 is well within our reach. Let’s make sure that our leaders do not squander this precious opportunity.

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This International Day of Zero Waste: towards zero waste in fashion and textiles, we invited our Nabilah Tarin, Strategic Communications Expert at REN21, to publish a guest blog on how renewable energy can help us conserve resources, and reduce waste in the fashion and textile industry. Read on to find out! 

Managing the waste crisis is key to addressing climate change. With billions of tons of waste produced annually, the environmental and social consequences are severe: the production, distribution, and disposal of products generate greenhouse gases, pollute ecosystems, and threaten human health. 

The fashion industry is a major contributor, responsible for around 10% of global carbon emissions and 20% of global wastewater. It also generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste annually—equivalent to a rubbish truck of clothes dumped every second. Producing one cotton T-shirt requires 2,700 litres of water, enough for one person’s drinking needs for 2.5 years. 

Fast fashion, or clothes made from plastic materials like spandex, polyester, nylon, acrylic, and vegan ‘leather’ worsens the issue, releasing microplastics into the oceans and pollution from garment factories harming local communities and ecosystems. In fact, 60% of our clothing these days is fast fashion, made from dirty fossil fuels.  

Volunteer divers and students in Taiwan collected 10.83 kilograms of waste in one just day, which included plastic debris, metal scraps, and even discarded tires, during 350’s Power Up! mobilization in 2023.

However, there are solutions to this crisis. Integrating renewable energy into industries, supply chains, and waste management systems—alongside embracing circular fashion and sustainable practices—can significantly reduce this waste. 

The fashion and textile industries are among the highest energy consumers, often powered by dirty fossil fuels. Clothing production is a major contributor to global carbon emissions. Transitioning to renewable energy sources like solar and wind can significantly lower factories’ carbon footprints, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and minimizing environmental impact. Collaborative efforts such as introducing sustainable and circular textile models can drive clean energy adoption, making production more sustainable while cutting waste.  

Transitioning to renewable energy sources like solar and wind can significantly lower factories’ carbon footprints

A zero-waste future is about longevity and rethinking product life cycles. For example, instead of fast fashion clothing, we need to turn to longer-lasting fabrics and textiles coming from durable, repairable, reusable and recyclable materials. Furthermore, the misinformation about textiles must be addressed, shining a light on the real impacts of mass consumption and fast fashion have on both nature and people.

Renewable energy plays a crucial role in this shift. Textile recycling, which relies on energy-intensive processes, becomes more sustainable when powered by clean energy. Integrating solar and wind energy into recycling operations ensures that the entire lifecycle—from production to disposal—aligns with circular economy principles. Circular economy strives to eliminate waste and reduce pollution, extend the life of products and regenerate natural systems. For example, the European Union has introduced an Ecolabel and the Green Deal that aims to give more visibility to less energy-consuming and eco friendly production line products. This approach helps close the loop through efficient, low-carbon recycling processes. 

It’s important to keep in mind though that while any clothing made from recycled materials like plastic bottles may seem eco-friendly, it doesn’t always reduce plastic production and often such items can’t be recycled again, contributing to more waste. Many brands promote such items as 100% sustainable, but this is misleading, as they often contain minimal recycled content. 

Renewable energy also enables innovative waste management solutions. Technologies like anaerobic digestion and waste incineration convert waste into bioenergy, reducing landfill waste while generating clean energy. These waste-to-energy processes are particularly important for non-recyclable materials, such as textile waste, that contribute to pollution. Transforming waste into valuable resources helps reduce environmental harm. 

Businesses must commit to creating products that are durable, repairable, reusable, and recyclable or what is known as circular product design along with renewable energy solutions to embrace a zero-waste model. Prioritizing renewable energy reduces companies’ carbon footprints and supports waste reduction efforts. Renewable-powered circular business models are already proving successful, allowing companies to produce goods with minimal waste. 

Governments also play a crucial role in accelerating the transition to renewable energy and zero waste. Enacting policies to encourage circular practices, and incentives for renewable energy adoption help sustain these efforts. For instance, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a policy that holds producers accountable for the entire lifecycle of their products, including post-consumer disposal and recycling, encouraging sustainable product design and waste reduction. With global renewable energy capacity increasing by 54% in 2023, such shifts are increasingly viable. 

The potential of renewable energy to drive zero-waste initiatives is immense. Investment in renewable technologies grew by 70% in 2023, reflecting a global shift toward sustainability. As industries integrate renewable solutions, they reduce carbon footprints while contributing to a circular economy that minimizes waste across production and consumption. 

By embedding renewable energy into waste management and textiles, we move toward a sustainable, zero-waste future—one that protects the planet while fostering economic growth, employment, and resilience against environmental challenges. 

Key Data at a Glance:

• Renewable Energy Capacity Growth: Increased by 54% in 2023, reaching 4,034 GW.
• Investment in Renewable Technologies: Grew by 70% in 2023, reaching USD 200 billion. 
• Employment in Renewables: Rose by 8% in 2022, with 13.7 million jobs globally.

These developments highlight the exciting potential of renewable energy in achieving zero-waste objectives, which can help us fight the climate crisis and ensure a cleaner, greener future for generations to come. 

Click here for a deeper understanding of renewables in industry. Learn more about the benefits of renewables at ren21.net

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We know that fossil fuels caused the climate crisis.

Instead of moving money into safe, renewable energy for all, wealthy governments and banks are funding more coal, oil and gas projects. To transition to fair, community-led renewables solutions we must first stop funding fossil fuels. If we cut the cash flow to fossil fuels, justice flourishes.

Welcome to the final part of our Solutions Series: Money. Let’s explore what we’re currently funding, what needs to be funded, and how we can do that.

See the previous edition here: Solutions Series: Justice.

Banks, investment funds, and governments are the gatekeepers of money. These financial institutions decide where money goes and where it doesn’t. Currently, many of these institutions support climate-wrecking activities, like drilling for oil or bankrolling PR firms that feed climate denialism. This is called “fossil finance”.

Every year, governments pour between US$300 billion and US$5,9 trillion into fossil fuel subsidies.1 This happens either by letting companies get away without paying what they owe, or by paying them directly. To build a world that prioritises people, communities and nature, these subsidies must be scrapped.

But suddenly changing the flow of money can upend the livelihoods of many. In the transition to renewable energy, the workers and families that rely on the fossil fuel industry must be cared for. This is part of what a “just transition” means – leaving no one behind.

Renewable energy solutions need money to become a reality. In contrast to fossil finance, “climate finance” is all the money that protects our planet’s future. This pays for renewable energy that will prevent carbon emissions, funds to adapt to a changed world, and for those who have already lost land and livelihoods due to the climate crisis.

We need our leaders to shift money away from fossil fuel projects and into renewable energy. At this year’s UN climate conference, COP29, leaders will set a goal for climate finance. To ensure poor countries can meet their climate goals and transition to renewable energy, we need rich nations to commit to US$1 trillion each year.

This is a lot of money, but it could come from many places – taxes on fossil fuel companies, wealth taxes on billionaires, and rich governments.

One of the most equitable funding sources is a wealth tax on the ultra-rich. Since 2020, the richest 1% have captured almost two-thirds of all new wealth, and billionaire fortunes are increasing by US$2,7 billion a day.2 By making the ultra-rich pay what they owe, we could raise hundreds of billions a year for climate finance.

The responsibility to pay for climate finance must be on the countries that have contributed the most to the climate crisis. The bulk of the money should support developing countries, who are least responsible, and the most affected by the climate crisis.

But if climate finance is done wrong, it can harm poorer countries and communities. Rich countries can take advantage of poor countries through high-interest loans for renewable energy projects. Currently, poor countries spend five times more on repaying debt than on addressing the impacts of the climate crisis.3

Any climate finance must benefit local people, not the rich in wealthy countries. This money must be reliable, equitable, and affordable – in the form of grants that don’t create a long-term burden. Vulnerable communities should benefit from renewable energy investments, not suffer as a result.

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The current global financial system supports and feeds climate breakdown. We need to change that.

It’s time to hold oil giants and governments to account. We must move money away from fossil fuels and fund a renewable energy transition that leaves no community behind.

Looking for a deeper dive into money and the climate crisis? Check out our ClimateCash Series here.

Sources:

1. Why fossil fuel subsidies are so hard to kill, Nature (20 Oct 2021
2. Survival of the Richest, Oxfam (2023)
3. The debt and climate crises: Why climate justice must include debt justice, Tess Woolfenden and Sindra Sharma-Khushal (2022)

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As governments whittle away money towards military spending, communities in war-affected regions are using renewable energy as a tool for survival and resistance. In Gaza, a solar-powered water pump has made it possible for 2000 Gazans like Intisar (pictured above) to access water. Full story here. Photo: © Haitham Awwad / PENGON / 350.org

Good climate news doesn’t feel abundant when it seems like some governments are being short-sighted on international climate action. The U.S. is reducing climate finance, cancelling important climate commitments and pulling out of global climate funds. Other rich countries are following suit, slashing foreign aid – money that could fund climate solutions is now going to military spending. Meanwhile, Big Oil is relentlessly pushing to block progress and silence our movement. But amidst these challenges, there is still good climate news to celebrate: grassroots communities are driving real change.

Now more than ever, we must look towards communities, especially in Asia, Africa, and South America to be serious about our climate future. They are the ones taking the energy future in their own hands, and on their own terms. At 350, we’re proud to support their efforts through initiatives like the Our Own Power Network and the Renew Our Power Gathering. We know that if we want a secure climate future, we need to build it from the ground up, together.

And we’d be remiss not to mention, especially during this Women’s Month, that it’s the women in these communities who are at the forefront of the movement. Across the world, they are driving renewable energy solutions and proving that a just energy transition is possible. It’s time that governments, businesses, and financial institutions keep their eye on the long game, step up and support these pioneering women. Good climate news often comes from these women-led initiatives, demonstrating the power of grassroots leadership.

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Movement Updates Discover our latest actions demanding climate solutions & energy justice 

Women leading solar energy systems in Nepal

This International Women’s Day, we met Susmita and the incredible women of Digo Bikas Institute in Nepal. Their work shows that women are at the heart of an energy future that works for everyone. After an earthquake destroyed a single panel solar system that was providing electricity to the village of Dhapsung, women from the Institute, along with partners, mobilized community members to install a small grid solar panel. This energy system is now owned and managed by the village women’s community group, providing electricity to schools, mills and farms nearby. Click on the picture to see their work in action and find out why women must be at the center of Asia’s transition to renewable energy.Stories like these remind us that good climate news is happening everywhere.

Taking our power to the ballots in Australia

Another example of good climate news in action is over in Australia, where we launched the Pawa to the Ballot campaign to mobilize Pacific communities across the country ahead of the federal elections. With this campaign, we are asking locals to vote for the survival of Pacific communities, spotlighting climate demands and advocating for priorities like a livable climate, renewable energy, and job security. We wrapped up at Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, bringing Our Pawa to the Pride Festival. Learn more about why what happens during the Australian elections will impact the whole of the Pacific.

Supporting mining-affected communities in South Africa

We are taking power away from private energy companies and laying the groundwork for community-owned energy in South Africa. Over two years, we’ve partnered with Sekhukhune Combined Mining-Affected Communities (SCMAC) to advance socially owned renewable energy (SORE). Our vision is bold: small, grid-tied solar farms owned and managed by local co-operatives—creating jobs, powering homes, and funding development. Our research confirms strong support for this model, and we’re now pushing mining companies to include SORE in their social labor plans!

Powering the future through solar charging  

Earlier this month, alongside students and faculty from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), we installed a solar charging station—the second of its kind at one of the country’s largest state universities. After the previous power station broke down, students were left without reliable electricity. So the electrical engineering students at PUP took the task in their own hands by designing and building a 1.2 kilowatt solar station. We will now support and encourage students in other universities to replicate this success, expanding access to clean, reliable energy on campuses nationwide.

Story: Energizing a forest community with renewables

This International Day of Forests, we celebrated the story of Bunikasih village in Indonesia, where a community-run renewable energy is transforming lives. Once struggling with limited electricity, villagers now power their palm sugar processing plant, and their local economy, using micro-hydro systems. Unlike big dams, these systems have minimal ecological impact and are perfectly suited for forests. Household incomes have grown up to five times, and young people are returning to work in their community. You can see here how locals built a self-sufficient, fossil-free future!

Climate Jargon Unpack the terms & concepts being used by climate activists & experts

The Energy Transition

The process of moving away from dirty fossil fuels and towards cleaner, renewable sources of energy like solar and wind power.

The energy transition is one of the most important developments in combating the climate crisis because burning fossil fuels is the main cause of global heating. To prevent worsening extreme weather, rising seas, and displacement, we must rapidly move to a low-carbon energy system.

Energy transitions aren’t new. History has seen major shifts, like moving from wood to coal in the 19th century or from coal to oil in the 20th. But today’s transition is different—it’s a race against time. We need to replace fossil fuels as fast as possible to protect people and the planet from the worst impacts of the climate crisis.

At 350, we fight for a just energy transition—one that doesn’t leave anyone behind. That means ensuring communities most impacted by the climate crisis and fossil fuel extraction are at the centre of solutions, with access to affordable, renewable energy for all.

Community Spotlight Be inspired by stories & interviews of real people who are fighting for a just energy transition 

Solar Project: Energia das Mulheres da Terra

Photo: Energia das Mulheres da Terra

Energia das Mulheres da Terra (Energy of the Women of the Earth) is a women-led project in the state of Goiás, Brazil, helping female farmers access renewable energy. Women make up 48% of Brazil’s rural population and women-run family farms represent 13% of all farms. This project installs solar pumps on small farms, making water access easier and farming more sustainable. Through a community fund, it helps women afford solar panels, biodigesters, and other eco-friendly technologies. The good climate news is that their impact is real: women save money on electricity, grow more food, and gain a stronger voice in their families and communities. So far, 92 women have joined the network, 16 collective projects have been installed, 3 rural schools have received direct support, and this is just the beginning! By using renewable energy, Energia das Mulheres da Terra is improving lives, protecting the environment, and showing us that women across communities are taking charge of their energy future.

Visit the Energia das Mulheres da Terra website and follow them on Instagram.

Renewable Rundown Get informed on big numbers, key facts and important news    

0.01%

Is the miniscule share of global climate finance that women receive for their initiatives promoting gender equality and climate action, according to Women’s World Banking.

This financial gap isn’t just unjust, it’s actually dangerous. 753 million women in climate-vulnerable countries are excluded from formal financial systems, leaving them without savings, insurance, or access to credit when disaster strikes. By 2050, climate change could push 158 million more women and girls into poverty. Yet, only 55 national climate action plans even mention gender equality.

Women aren’t passive victims of the climate crisis: they are at the forefront of resilience, responding to climate crises like driving sustainable practices in agriculture and other natural resources. When women are in leadership, climate policies are stronger, and businesses are more sustainable. But without funding, their impact is limited.

If we are serious about solving the climate crisis and want to see more good climate news, we must recognize that gender equality is not an optional add-on, it is fundamental to climate justice.

Your Power Support us in demanding real climate action

Last month, you helped us send a petition demanding Brazilian President Lula to stop more oil exploration near the Amazon river and endangering local communities and wildlife. But he is only doubling down on extraction.

 President Lula is active on social media and cares about his image as the host for COP30 climate talks. Make him listen by sending a message on social media! If enough of us call him out, we can make a chorus of voices that he cannot ignore.

Energize Build your skills to tackle the climate crisis and widen our movement

We have a super special invitation for you!

The Renew Our Power Gathering in Brazil is almost here. We’re bringing together 200+ climate activists for hands-on training, strategy sessions, and powerful conversations on advancing community-owned renewable energy solutions. And we want you to be part of this global moment too!

Join us virtually for this first-of-its-kind gathering with inspiring sessions connecting thousands of people worldwide and building momentum for real climate action.

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A just energy future is one built by and for communities. It’s a future where clean energy isn’t controlled by corporations but is accessible, affordable, and shaped by the people most affected by the climate crisis. It’s a future where frontline communities, Indigenous peoples, and workers lead the transition to renewable energy that prioritizes justice, equity, and sustainability.

We want to hear from you! What does a just, people-centered energy future look like in your eyes?

Express your vision through:

1. A short statement or message
2. A drawing or painting
3. A poem or spoken word piece
4. A photo or digital graphic

Once done, you may share your vision on your social media channel of choice using #RadicalFutures and #RenewOurPower so we can find it, and let’s build momentum for a world powered by justice, not exploitation. (If you don’t use social media, you could also email us your submission at 350@350.org and place #RadicalFutures #RenewOurPower in the subject line).

We will feature selected submissions on our social media channels and digital content, amplifying your vision to inspire others around the world.

Together, we can challenge the systems that have left communities in crisis and build a future where power – both energy and political – belongs to the people.

Take action now: Post your vision today and strengthen the climate movement’s call for a just energy future.

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