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The Unit­ed Na­tions has set a glob­al goal to triple re­new­able en­er­gy ca­pac­i­ty and dou­ble en­er­gy ef­fi­cien­cy im­prove­ments by 2030, and Caribbean stake­hold­ers are con­cerned that our is­lands are lag­ging far be­hind our im­mense po­ten­tial. At the Re-En­er­gise Caribbean: Clean En­er­gy Cat­a­lyst Work­shops on Fri­day 14th March, held in Bridgetown, Bar­ba­dos, par­tic­i­pants from across the re­gion met to strate­gize so­lu­tions that can cre­ate a more en­abling en­vi­ron­ment for trans­for­ma­tive re­new­able en­er­gy in­no­va­tions.

Af­ter a fruit­ful ac­tiv­i­ty which saw par­tic­i­pants de­sign roadmaps for re­new­able en­er­gy project im­ple­men­ta­tion, pri­vate sec­tor lead­ers gath­ered to sign a Clean En­er­gy Pledge, demon­strat­ing their com­mit­ment to ac­tions which will dri­ve the clean en­er­gy tran­si­tion for­ward for the Caribbean.

The Re-En­er­gise Caribbean Work­shops were in­ter­ac­tive fo­rums for en­light­en­ing di­a­logue and so­lu­tion-build­ing fea­tur­ing a se­lec­tion of pri­vate sec­tor and civ­il so­ci­ety ac­tors who are mak­ing sig­nif­i­cant strides in en­er­gy and en­vi­ron­men­tal work in the re­gion. Par­tic­i­pants in­clud­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives from or­gan­i­sa­tions such as the Caribbean Cen­ter for Re­new­able En­er­gy & En­er­gy Ef­fi­cien­cy (CCREEE), CARI­COM De­vel­op­ment Fund, Caribbean En­er­gy Cham­ber, CAR­ILEC, Caribbean As­so­ci­a­tion of Banks, the IADB, Ja­maica’s Of­fice of Util­i­ty Reg­u­la­tion, the Bar­ba­dos Na­tion­al Oil Com­pa­ny, RMI, Youth Irie, CARIRI, Glob­al Green Growth In­sti­tute, Cli­mate Track­er, and the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies.