Resources
Building Sustainable Solar Futures: Policy Pathways for Transforming Energy Access
This report evaluates the sustainability of current and emerging solar technologies across three pillars: environmental, social, and economic. It then proposes key policy actions for ensuring a sustainable, resilient, and just solar transition.
Barriers to Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain
Without critically examining power relations, solar expansion risks becoming “green colonialism”: a continuation of extractive relationships disguised as climate action. This paper analyses how structural inequalities shape who is excluded and who benefits from the solar value chain.
Opportunities for Inclusivity in the Solar Value Chain
The second paper on inclusivity examines where positive change is already happening. It asks: how does this work, can it be replicated, what enabling conditions can help, and what can we learn? It presents a series of case studies from upstream market research and product design, through distribution, installation and repair, to community governance and end-of-life.