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Why PowerUp

Understanding the need for a clean energy transition.

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Kenya aims to achieve 100% access to clean cooking by 2030, requiring accelerated investment, innovation, and adoption across households and businesses
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Kenya has committed to GHGs emissions by 35% by 2035 under its updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), making the scale-up of clean energy solutions increasingly urgent.
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Through the AFR100 initiative Kenya committed to restoring 5.1 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030 — a goal closely linked to reducing dependence on woodfuel through cleaner cooking alternatives.
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Kenya’s National Policy on Gender and Development commits to advancing women’s economic empowerment, and reducing gender inequalities, priorities that can be supported through greater access to clean cooking and productive energy solutions.
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Power Up works to help translate these commitments into practical action by advocating stronger policies, greater investment and better coordination across the clean cooking and renewable energy sectors.

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Explore the targeted commitments guiding our transition to sustainable energy across the nation.

Kenya's Updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

As part of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kenya has committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 35% by 2035 while advancing climate-resilient, low-carbon development.

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Clean Cooking Strategy 2028

In 2024, the Government of Kenya published their clean cooking strategy, aiming to achieve universal access to modern, clean cooking solutions, and to reduce indoor air pollution.

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Mission 300 initiative

In 2024, World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group, alongside partners including The Rockefeller Foundation, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and Sustainable Energy for All, launched Mission 300 — an initiative aiming to connect 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to electricity by 2030 through increased investment, policy support and partnerships.

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SDG 7

Since 2015, the United Nations and member states have worked towards achieving the 17 SDGs, including SDG7 - ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.

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