Gender & Energy Compact at UN Oceans Conference 2025

The side event "Waves of Change: Women's and Youth’s Leadership in the Renewable Energy Ocean Economy" contributes to advancing sustainable ocean-based economies, sustainable maritime transport, and coastal community resilience, ensuring no one is left behind. Hosted by Cabo Verde and co-organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE), the Gender Energy Compact, and the Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres Program (GN-SEC), the event features speakers from various sectors, showcasing cross-sectoral partnerships and innovative solutions to support SDG 14. Women in coastal developing countries, SIDS and LDCs play a crucial role in driving change and implementing solutions despite facing gender inequality. This event aims to develop recommendations on how to ensure inclusiveness, consider gender dimensions, involve youth, and promote biodiversity when addressing the needs of coastal developing countries to access ocean energy technology, finance, and expertise, leaving no one behind in the ocean economy.

WIN-BIG coordinator Helena Vieira will be a keynote speaker at the event, presenting how our project and her work at CESAM is fostering the interdisciplinarity on the ground between socioeconomic and natural scientists to a greater good: a more inclusive, diverse and gender balanced Blue Economy!

Register now: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d31c11d4-cd47-473a-b1d0-a452e26149d8@426a4931-ec5c-4fcb-9d10-3363ebdf9280

Event co-organisers

• Ministry of Industry, Trade and Energy, Cabo Verde
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 
• The Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centers (GN-SEC) is an innovative partnership that accelerates energy and climate transformation in developing countries. 
• The Gender and Energy Compact is a global coalition led by ENERGIA, GWNET, UNIDO, and SEforALL, focused on catalyzing action towards gender equality and women's empowerment in the energy sector. 
• Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE)

About the Gender and Energy Compact

ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA), Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched a global, multi-stakeholder coalition, the Gender and Energy Compact, to catalyze action towards gender equality and women’s empowerment to accelerate a just, inclusive and sustainable energy transition. The coalition brings together governments, private sector, academia, civil society, youth, and international organizations—all under the same overall objective: To promote a just and inclusive, and gender responsive energy transition. 
To join the Gender and Energy Compact, please visit the website.