On the eve of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro on 17 November 2024, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the ‘ Scaling up Renewables in Africa’ campaign.
The campaign seeks to drive new commitments on policy and finance from governments, financial institutions, private sector and philanthropists, to boost renewable power generation and access in Africa.
It will simultaneously contribute to reaching the target set at COP28 of tripling global renewable energy capacity by the end of this decade.
The campaign runs for one year and will conclude around the G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2025.
The campaign is coordinated with the international advocacy organisation Global Citizen and will rely on the support of the International Energy Agency.
