To be in line with the Paris Agreement, Bangladesh needs to transition to 100%RE. Thereby, reinvesting fossil fuel costs can finance 180% of this transition. The 100%RE roadmap for Bangladesh showed that a decentralised energy system, coupled with innovative RE technologies can significantly boost the country’s industrialisation process and rural economies.

Costa Rica is a global leader in renewable energy, with 98% of the electricity provided by renewable sources. However, around 70% of the country’s overall energy still comes from fossil fuels, when including transport, heating processes in industry and other activities, like cooking. This project aims at supporting national decarbonization efforts by providing a technical and political tool to transform the entire energy sector into renewable supply.

The energy transition is already in full swing across the world. In 2018, 169 countries had set some kind of Renewable Energy (RE) target, while an even greater number continue to integrate high shares of variable RE into their energy mix. Solar and wind generation grew at a double-digit pace in the past years. Renewable Energies are powering the energy system of the future.

Adapting to an energy system based in renewables can enable developmental leapfrogging and improve livelihoods, especially in the Global South. As a driver for sustainable development, poverty eradication and climate action, it is clear that 100% Renewable Energy must become a reality. But this transition will require nothing short of a paradigm shift: we have to move from “energy for development” to “Renewable Energy for sustainable development”.

100% RE MAP (Multi-Actor Partnerships for 100% Renewable Energy) connects people and the social and economic opportunities of Renewable Energy to ambitious climate action and sustainable development strategies. They currently work in Nepal, Uganda, and Vietnam.