Watts Up Africa
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💡Energising communities, reclaiming energy sovereignty, and championing 100% renewable energy for Africa #WattsUpAfrica
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[LAUNCH] Today, we officially launch the #WattsUpAfrica continent-wide campaign to advocate for renewable energy, not just as a climate fix, but as a pathway to energy access, sustainable development, and green industrialisation across the African continent. We are rewriting Africa’s energy destiny.
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Climate Action Network believes in people.
We fight for an equitable world where each person can live with dignity.
We offer tangible and achievable solutions.
Support people, support planet, support CAN.
If you can, please donate to our work.
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We fight for an equitable world where each person can live with dignity.
We offer tangible and achievable solutions.
Support people, support planet, support CAN.
If you can, please donate to our work.
climatenetwork.org/get-involved...
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Climate Action Network believes in people.
We fight for an equitable world where each person can live with dignity.
We offer tangible and achievable solutions.
Support people, support planet, support CAN.
If you can, please donate to our work.
climatenetwork.org/get-involved...
We fight for an equitable world where each person can live with dignity.
We offer tangible and achievable solutions.
Support people, support planet, support CAN.
If you can, please donate to our work.
climatenetwork.org/get-involved...
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"#COP30 takes a hopeful step towards justice, but does not go far enough"
CAN welcomes adoption of Just Transition mechanism as one of strongest rights-based outcomes in the history of COP.
Read our press release:
climatenetwork.org/2025/11/22/c...
#BAM #JustTransitionRising
CAN welcomes adoption of Just Transition mechanism as one of strongest rights-based outcomes in the history of COP.
Read our press release:
climatenetwork.org/2025/11/22/c...
#BAM #JustTransitionRising
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"#COP30 takes a hopeful step towards justice, but does not go far enough"
CAN welcomes adoption of Just Transition mechanism as one of strongest rights-based outcomes in the history of COP.
Read our press release:
climatenetwork.org/2025/11/22/c...
#BAM #JustTransitionRising
CAN welcomes adoption of Just Transition mechanism as one of strongest rights-based outcomes in the history of COP.
Read our press release:
climatenetwork.org/2025/11/22/c...
#BAM #JustTransitionRising
This is the kind of progress we love to see!
Any step forward in expanding renewable energy capacity is worth celebrating.
Any step forward in expanding renewable energy capacity is worth celebrating.
💡Our new analysis: in just 9 days, support for a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) Roadmap has grown from 1 to 62 countries—an extraordinary wave of momentum that underscores global readiness to move beyond #FossilFuels.
Our full breakdown👇
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Our full breakdown👇
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November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
This is the kind of progress we love to see!
Any step forward in expanding renewable energy capacity is worth celebrating.
Any step forward in expanding renewable energy capacity is worth celebrating.
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30,000+ people overwhelmingly wants World Leaders in Belém to deliver on climate justice!
Saturday’s Global Day of Action showed that people power is stronger, organised, and louder than EVER!
#COP30
Saturday’s Global Day of Action showed that people power is stronger, organised, and louder than EVER!
#COP30
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
30,000+ people overwhelmingly wants World Leaders in Belém to deliver on climate justice!
Saturday’s Global Day of Action showed that people power is stronger, organised, and louder than EVER!
#COP30
Saturday’s Global Day of Action showed that people power is stronger, organised, and louder than EVER!
#COP30
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A just transition is only possible when the rights & realities of all peoples are front and centre.
Today, we join the global movement demanding #ClimateJusticeNow and an end to finance for extractive systems that harm people & planet.
Together, we rise to #EndInequalities & #ChangeTheSystem.
Today, we join the global movement demanding #ClimateJusticeNow and an end to finance for extractive systems that harm people & planet.
Together, we rise to #EndInequalities & #ChangeTheSystem.
November 15, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A just transition is only possible when the rights & realities of all peoples are front and centre.
Today, we join the global movement demanding #ClimateJusticeNow and an end to finance for extractive systems that harm people & planet.
Together, we rise to #EndInequalities & #ChangeTheSystem.
Today, we join the global movement demanding #ClimateJusticeNow and an end to finance for extractive systems that harm people & planet.
Together, we rise to #EndInequalities & #ChangeTheSystem.
Our fight goes beyond the COP. It’s a global struggle for justice and liberation.
Bold renewable energy targets mean nothing if communities are left behind. A people-centered transition is the only path to real climate justice.
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #COP30 #JustTransition
Bold renewable energy targets mean nothing if communities are left behind. A people-centered transition is the only path to real climate justice.
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #COP30 #JustTransition
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Our fight goes beyond the COP. It’s a global struggle for justice and liberation.
Bold renewable energy targets mean nothing if communities are left behind. A people-centered transition is the only path to real climate justice.
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #COP30 #JustTransition
Bold renewable energy targets mean nothing if communities are left behind. A people-centered transition is the only path to real climate justice.
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #COP30 #JustTransition
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Africa’s Demands For #COP30
“At COP30, increase climate finance to support adaptation goals and just transition. The climate finance should not come as loans but as grants.”
- Lindi Zwana, Women Energy and Climate Change Forum South Africa.
“At COP30, increase climate finance to support adaptation goals and just transition. The climate finance should not come as loans but as grants.”
- Lindi Zwana, Women Energy and Climate Change Forum South Africa.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Africa’s Demands For #COP30
“At COP30, increase climate finance to support adaptation goals and just transition. The climate finance should not come as loans but as grants.”
- Lindi Zwana, Women Energy and Climate Change Forum South Africa.
“At COP30, increase climate finance to support adaptation goals and just transition. The climate finance should not come as loans but as grants.”
- Lindi Zwana, Women Energy and Climate Change Forum South Africa.
During #COP30, we demand systems that that give power to the people, in a just way.
#Wattsupafrica #AfricaDemands
#Wattsupafrica #AfricaDemands
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
During #COP30, we demand systems that that give power to the people, in a just way.
#Wattsupafrica #AfricaDemands
#Wattsupafrica #AfricaDemands
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“The Hyphen Green Hydrogen project in Namibia exposes how investing in false solutions risks deepening debt, displacement & dependency,” explains Karabo Mokgonyana.
“MDBs must learn from this and reorient financing towards community-centred, equitable & transformative climate solutions.”
#COP30
“MDBs must learn from this and reorient financing towards community-centred, equitable & transformative climate solutions.”
#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“The Hyphen Green Hydrogen project in Namibia exposes how investing in false solutions risks deepening debt, displacement & dependency,” explains Karabo Mokgonyana.
“MDBs must learn from this and reorient financing towards community-centred, equitable & transformative climate solutions.”
#COP30
“MDBs must learn from this and reorient financing towards community-centred, equitable & transformative climate solutions.”
#COP30
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A #JustTransition isn’t a slogan - it’s a people-centered climate plan.
Workers, communities & Indigenous Peoples are already leading the way.
Now governments must deliver on #BAM at #COP30.
✍️ Sign the civil society open letter:
climatenetwork.org/updates/even...
#JustTransitionRising
Workers, communities & Indigenous Peoples are already leading the way.
Now governments must deliver on #BAM at #COP30.
✍️ Sign the civil society open letter:
climatenetwork.org/updates/even...
#JustTransitionRising
November 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A #JustTransition isn’t a slogan - it’s a people-centered climate plan.
Workers, communities & Indigenous Peoples are already leading the way.
Now governments must deliver on #BAM at #COP30.
✍️ Sign the civil society open letter:
climatenetwork.org/updates/even...
#JustTransitionRising
Workers, communities & Indigenous Peoples are already leading the way.
Now governments must deliver on #BAM at #COP30.
✍️ Sign the civil society open letter:
climatenetwork.org/updates/even...
#JustTransitionRising
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Communities deserve energy that works for them, not for profit.
Find out more about positive ways forward in the Renewable Energy Tracker: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #changingcourse #JustTransitionRising
Find out more about positive ways forward in the Renewable Energy Tracker: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #changingcourse #JustTransitionRising
October 29, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Communities deserve energy that works for them, not for profit.
Find out more about positive ways forward in the Renewable Energy Tracker: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #changingcourse #JustTransitionRising
Find out more about positive ways forward in the Renewable Energy Tracker: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #changingcourse #JustTransitionRising
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🚨 NEW Open Letter:
Civil society calls on governments to deliver Belém Action Mechanism #BAM at #COP30 to make a global #JustTransition real through rights, fairness & international cooperation.
✍️ Read & sign: EN | FR | ES | PT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#JustTransitionRising
Civil society calls on governments to deliver Belém Action Mechanism #BAM at #COP30 to make a global #JustTransition real through rights, fairness & international cooperation.
✍️ Read & sign: EN | FR | ES | PT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#JustTransitionRising
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🚨 NEW Open Letter:
Civil society calls on governments to deliver Belém Action Mechanism #BAM at #COP30 to make a global #JustTransition real through rights, fairness & international cooperation.
✍️ Read & sign: EN | FR | ES | PT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#JustTransitionRising
Civil society calls on governments to deliver Belém Action Mechanism #BAM at #COP30 to make a global #JustTransition real through rights, fairness & international cooperation.
✍️ Read & sign: EN | FR | ES | PT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#JustTransitionRising
As COP30 approaches, the demands still stand!
✅Mining of critical minerals must go beyond extraction and export; they should power African countries.
✅Financing the transition means financing a climate-resilient future, through grants, not debt.
#Wattsupafrica #Renewableenergy #Criticalminerals
✅Mining of critical minerals must go beyond extraction and export; they should power African countries.
✅Financing the transition means financing a climate-resilient future, through grants, not debt.
#Wattsupafrica #Renewableenergy #Criticalminerals
October 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
As COP30 approaches, the demands still stand!
✅Mining of critical minerals must go beyond extraction and export; they should power African countries.
✅Financing the transition means financing a climate-resilient future, through grants, not debt.
#Wattsupafrica #Renewableenergy #Criticalminerals
✅Mining of critical minerals must go beyond extraction and export; they should power African countries.
✅Financing the transition means financing a climate-resilient future, through grants, not debt.
#Wattsupafrica #Renewableenergy #Criticalminerals
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3/ Communities deserve energy that works for them, not for profit.
But real solutions exist - rooted in justice, community control, and equity.
📊 Dive into the data and stories that matter: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #ChangingCourse #JustTransitionRising
But real solutions exist - rooted in justice, community control, and equity.
📊 Dive into the data and stories that matter: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #ChangingCourse #JustTransitionRising
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
3/ Communities deserve energy that works for them, not for profit.
But real solutions exist - rooted in justice, community control, and equity.
📊 Dive into the data and stories that matter: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #ChangingCourse #JustTransitionRising
But real solutions exist - rooted in justice, community control, and equity.
📊 Dive into the data and stories that matter: climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
#JustRenewables #ChangingCourse #JustTransitionRising
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⚠️ The renewable energy transition is failing on justice.
Our latest Renewable Energy Tracker study shows how corporate capture and bad finance are turning a green promise into a colonial rerun.
🔌 climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
🧵#JustRenewables #JustTransitionRising #ChangingCourse
Our latest Renewable Energy Tracker study shows how corporate capture and bad finance are turning a green promise into a colonial rerun.
🔌 climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
🧵#JustRenewables #JustTransitionRising #ChangingCourse
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
⚠️ The renewable energy transition is failing on justice.
Our latest Renewable Energy Tracker study shows how corporate capture and bad finance are turning a green promise into a colonial rerun.
🔌 climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
🧵#JustRenewables #JustTransitionRising #ChangingCourse
Our latest Renewable Energy Tracker study shows how corporate capture and bad finance are turning a green promise into a colonial rerun.
🔌 climatenetwork.org/resource/ren...
🧵#JustRenewables #JustTransitionRising #ChangingCourse
The Clean Energy Revolution Starts Now!
Take action and sign on the global citizen petition: www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/jo...
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#Wattsupafrica #RenewableEnergy
Take action and sign on the global citizen petition: www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/jo...
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #RenewableEnergy
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The Clean Energy Revolution Starts Now!
Take action and sign on the global citizen petition: www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/jo...
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #RenewableEnergy
Take action and sign on the global citizen petition: www.globalcitizen.org/en/action/jo...
@powershiftafrica.bsky.social
#Wattsupafrica #RenewableEnergy
Clean cooking is not a luxury; it must be recognised as a just transition, a human right and a public health imperative.
We must prioritize scalable, affordable, and culturally appropriate solutions such as biogas, electric cooking, and improved stoves.
#Wattsupafrica #Cleancooking
We must prioritize scalable, affordable, and culturally appropriate solutions such as biogas, electric cooking, and improved stoves.
#Wattsupafrica #Cleancooking
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Clean cooking is not a luxury; it must be recognised as a just transition, a human right and a public health imperative.
We must prioritize scalable, affordable, and culturally appropriate solutions such as biogas, electric cooking, and improved stoves.
#Wattsupafrica #Cleancooking
We must prioritize scalable, affordable, and culturally appropriate solutions such as biogas, electric cooking, and improved stoves.
#Wattsupafrica #Cleancooking
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@ren21community.bsky.social´s provides a report on the renewable energy in transport sector. Road transport is focused on the electrification, aviation on the development of SAF+biofuels, shipping in using renewable fuels and rail transport is focused on further rail electrification.
bit.ly/4nvXXm0
bit.ly/4nvXXm0
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@ren21community.bsky.social´s provides a report on the renewable energy in transport sector. Road transport is focused on the electrification, aviation on the development of SAF+biofuels, shipping in using renewable fuels and rail transport is focused on further rail electrification.
bit.ly/4nvXXm0
bit.ly/4nvXXm0
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FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, the world’s wind and solar farms generated more electricity than coal plants!
In the first half of 2025, renewables outpaced rising power demand, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use.
Source: @ember-energy.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the first half of 2025, renewables outpaced rising power demand, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use.
Source: @ember-energy.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, the world’s wind and solar farms generated more electricity than coal plants!
In the first half of 2025, renewables outpaced rising power demand, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use.
Source: @ember-energy.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the first half of 2025, renewables outpaced rising power demand, leading to a small decline in coal and gas use.
Source: @ember-energy.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If we phase-out fossil fuels, we will have clean energy. If we prioritise renewable energy, we will power Africa. If we phase-out fossil fuels and prioritise renewable energy we can build a sustainable future.
October 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If we phase-out fossil fuels, we will have clean energy. If we prioritise renewable energy, we will power Africa. If we phase-out fossil fuels and prioritise renewable energy we can build a sustainable future.
A milestone that deserves way more attention!
This deserves more attention!
Seven countries now generate nearly all of their electricity from renewables!
That's right! 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇳🇵 Nepal,
🇵🇾 Paraguay, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo are officially living in the future!
Seven countries now generate nearly all of their electricity from renewables!
That's right! 🇦🇱 Albania, 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇳🇵 Nepal,
🇵🇾 Paraguay, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia and 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of Congo are officially living in the future!
October 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A milestone that deserves way more attention!
Watts Up Africa Career Talks Recap
From climbing turbines to installing solar panels, our first two guests showed us what it really takes to power Africa’s clean energy future.
From climbing turbines to installing solar panels, our first two guests showed us what it really takes to power Africa’s clean energy future.
September 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Watts Up Africa Career Talks Recap
From climbing turbines to installing solar panels, our first two guests showed us what it really takes to power Africa’s clean energy future.
From climbing turbines to installing solar panels, our first two guests showed us what it really takes to power Africa’s clean energy future.
If Africa invests in local processing, value addition, and regional cooperation, critical minerals could fuel clean energy industries, create jobs, and drive sustainable development.
The world needs Africa’s minerals but Africa needs a just, renewable-powered future.
#wattsupafrica
The world needs Africa’s minerals but Africa needs a just, renewable-powered future.
#wattsupafrica
September 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
If Africa invests in local processing, value addition, and regional cooperation, critical minerals could fuel clean energy industries, create jobs, and drive sustainable development.
The world needs Africa’s minerals but Africa needs a just, renewable-powered future.
#wattsupafrica
The world needs Africa’s minerals but Africa needs a just, renewable-powered future.
#wattsupafrica
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A #JustTransition is only possible if renewable energy companies respect human rights. Our latest research on 35 leading companies shows the sector is making progress on respect for rights & shared prosperity – but major gaps remain.
Read the benchmark 📊 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
Read the benchmark 📊 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A #JustTransition is only possible if renewable energy companies respect human rights. Our latest research on 35 leading companies shows the sector is making progress on respect for rights & shared prosperity – but major gaps remain.
Read the benchmark 📊 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...
Read the benchmark 📊 www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...