2022 CDD Just Energy Transition Conference Report

Publication Information With the slogan “Leaving no one behind”, the CDD Just Energy Transition Conference held in Maputo on July 21, 2022, has tracked the challenges and opportunities on access of energy and energy transition in Mozambique. Almost 20 speakers from relevant fields contributes and discussed on the promotion of equality of opportunity and social inclusion in investing in affordable, decentralised mixed-energy systems. They remarked on the dimension of inclusion in the energy transition, the youth/gender perspectives and the role of civil society on the ground. How to accelerate access to energy in Mozambique, intensify the deployment of renewable energy, and achieve economic growth? This was one of the main issues discussed on the panels designed scenarios for a transformational policy, implications of international measures on the domestic economy and opportunity to diversify the economy.