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OUR MISSION

Energy Peace Partners leverages climate and finance solutions to promote peace in the world's most fragile regions.

Our climate-sensitive approach expands the existing toolkit for peace and development by extending the renewable energy revolution to some of the planet’s most vulnerable populations.

We address the intersection of energy poverty, conflict risk and climate vulnerability to demonstrate the peace dividends of clean energy.

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OUR LATEST NEWS
Leapfrog Alliance urges GHG Protocol to Prioritize Access to Electricity and Equity

The Leapfrog Alliance, a coalition of 16 nonprofits working to expand electricity access in un-electrified and under-electrified communities, calls for the forthcoming revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (“GHG Protocol”) to include and prioritize access to electricity and equity as key principles.

An opportunity for new climate finance innovations to expand energy access in fragile countries

In collaboration with the Three Cairns Fellowship at Columbia Business School, EPP has begun investigating the opportunity to expand the global P-REC market and cultivate additional demand from market actors beyond corporate clean energy buyers alone.

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Mapping the overlap between corporate value chains and fragile countries

New research to assesses the geographic match between industrial value chains and fragile countries to help companies more easily understand the geographies where they should prioritize decarbonization measures.

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Our reflections on COP29

As COP29 came to a close last week, we reflect on our participation and the opportunity it provided to advance efforts that are core to our mission. Here are our key highlights…

Newsletter: Reflections from COP29

EPP’s most recent newsletter, featuring reflections from COP29

Guest blog with Emissions First Partnership
Guest blog with Emissions First Partnership

In October, EPP’s Doug Miller, Director of Market Development, published a guest blog for the Emissions First Partnership on the Climate and Social Benefits of Relaxed Market Boundaries for Low-Income Countries.

Newsletter: Recognizing the International Day of Peace

This Saturday, September 21st, we recognize the International Day of Peace. At a time when war and conflict is so present - from Ukraine, to Palestine/Israel, to Sudan - finding new opportunities and openings for peacebuilding is critical. 

Integrating P-RECs into Corporate RFP Processes

A new resource provides template language about Peace RECs that corporate clean energy buyers can include in their RFPs.

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

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.

First P-REC Transaction by a Consumer Product Brand
First P-REC Transaction by a Consumer Product Brand

Oriflame, a Swedish-Swiss multinational beauty brand, recently procured Peace Renewable Energy Credits (P-RECs) from Prado Power in Nigeria.

 

The existing toolkit to address conflict is limited.

Climate change is a major threat to global security and a contributor to conflict worldwide, compounding global humanitarian and security challenges.

Record numbers of forcibly displaced persons are stretching resources and leaving the international community unequipped to respond to the interconnected challenges of energy poverty, conflict risk and climate vulnerability.

Energy Peace Partners targets 27 climate-vulnerable states at risks of conflict.

Energy Peace Partners targets 27 climate-vulnerable states at risks of conflict.

 
 
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Peace Renewable Energy Credit

Renewable energy and conflict risk is the unique intersection of our work. Improved technology combined with dramatic reductions in hardware costs have facilitated an energy revolution that is sweeping much of the world. Yet conflict- and crisis-risk settings generally lack the financing mechanisms and investment opportunities that support renewable energy growth elsewhere. To address this gap, our team has developed the Peace Renewable Energy Credit (P-REC), to encourage clean energy transitions through the monetization of renewable energy generated in fragile states.

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Powering peace

Energy Peace Partners and The Stimson Center have launched "Powering Peace", an initiative to leverage greater use of finance and climate solutions to approach conflict resolution in the world’s most fragile states - uniquely through a shift to clean energy. This project involves collaboration with key partners in the United Nations system and other international organizations to analyze the current approach to energy provision in field operations. The program will asses the costs, benefits, and challenges of utilizing renewables, and propose a road map for shifting energy provision in field deployments.

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