Renewable Energy as a Tool for Peace: Emerging Opportunities and New Challenges

Jun 28, 2024 | Energy Peace Partners
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Renewable energy can offer a multi-pronged solution that can provide numerous benefits, especially in fragile countries: those most affected by conflict and climate risks, and with the lowest levels of electrification. In addition to the climate benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change, renewable energy can expand energy access, create new economic opportunities, help ease tensions across communities, promote the decentralization of political and economic power, and as a result bolster overall community resilience. This is why a growing number of stakeholders are beginning to recognize the opportunity for renewable energy as a powerful tool in the conflict prevention and peace-building toolbox.