International Day of Clean Energy

This high-level meeting addresses the critical, ongoing disruptions in energy and supply chains that are causing significant global impacts on trade, food security, and macroeconomic stability. Through this special meeting, the Council will bring together representatives of Member States, the United Nations system, civil society and the business sector to discuss policy options and measures that countries can immediately take to address their development impacts, ease fiscal constraints and enhance socio-economic resilience . The meeting will also provide an opportunity to explore global spillover effects, with particular attention to impacts on developing countries . Related Sites and Documents:  Website (Part 1) Safeguarding energy and supply flows: Supporting global development through international cooperation - Economic and Social Council, Special meeting, 2026 Session! Economic and Social Council

UNIDO's First Sustainable Cooling Forum 2026 will serve as a platform to rise to the cooling challenge by accelerating the emergence, deployment, and large-scale adoption of sustainable cooling solutions. The Forum focuses on key objectives: Showcase impact: demonstrate the impact of UNIDO's Montreal Protocol projects on sustainable cooling Share solutions: exchange insights on existing solutions in technologies, policies, resources, and financing mechanisms.Strengthen partnerships: facilitate engagement and cooperation with stakeholders including Member States, private sector, research and foresight experts Central question: How can coordinated approaches--across technology, finance, policy, and society-- address the full cooling system and growing demand for cooling? Related Sites and Documents:  UNIDO Sustainable Cooling Forum-Rising to the Global Challenge Watch the UNIDO Sustainable Cooling Forum! 03:04:12 Agencies, Funds & Programmes

Shaping the green hydrogen sustainable industry's future. The event will foster honest high-level dialogue on the role of clean hydrogen in promoting sustainable industrialization, with a particular focus on key sectors such as steel and fertilizer production. The programme will explore key enablers of the hydrogen transition, including awareness-raising, the acceleration of innovative technology adoption, the mobilization of financial support, the facilitation of trade in green products, and the strengthening of technical capacities across industries. Related Sites and Documents:  UNIDO's International Conference on Hydrogen in Industry | UNIDO Green Hydrogen Watch the UNIDO International Conference on Hydrogen in Industry! 09:41:41 Agencies, Funds & Programmes

On the fourth International Day of Clean Energy , Sustainable Energy for All ( SEforALL ), named by the United Nations as one of the leaders of the Day, is marking the occasion with a series of in-person and digital events. The activations focus on two often overlooked priorities of the global energy transition : clean cooking, which replaces polluting fuels with safer, modern solutions, and new approaches to financing electricity access for communities still without reliable power. Despite global progress, more than 2.1 billion people still rely on polluting fuels such as firewood and charcoal for cooking, exposing families to deadly household air pollution, driving deforestation and accelerating climate change. At the same time, millions of people across Sub-Saharan Africa remain without reliable electricity, limiting economic opportunity and access to essential services. Both challenges are solvable with existing technologies and targeted investment. Four flagship events driving ac...

   On Monday, January 26th , let's  raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet to mark  International Day of Clean Energy 2026 . Join the observance!

  While the energy transition promises considerable economic, social and environmental benefits, it will not automatically or inevitably yield a just outcome. The transition is taking place within an energy system that already exhibits significant inequalities. Reliable and affordable energy services remain out of reach for hundreds of millions of people in both developing and developed countries, while the ownership of – and economic benefits derived from – energy assets are unevenly distributed. Nations, communities and households most in need lack access to suitable financing and assistance, while the adverse impacts of climate change disproportionately affect marginalised and low-income groups. Meanwhile, these groups continue to struggle to have their voices heard in both national and international decision making. Without the deliberate inclusion of just principles in policy making and implementation, existing structural inequalities may simply be replicated during the energy...