About 90% of refugees living in camps have no access to electricity and many lack any form of lighting at night, says a Chatham House report for the Moving Energy Initiative. Energy poverty in refugee settlements is not on the radar of international initiatives and humanitarian agencies are ill-equipped to deal with the scale of need. Now, a new report—Heat Light and Power for Refugees: Saving Lives, Reducing Costs—zooms in on the energy needs of refugees and displaced people worldwide, and it presents the first ever estimates of the volume and costs of what they use. Learn more.

Endorsed by the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance is a new platform that will draw on business and government leaders to identify, select and help implement ideas for instruments that will drive more investment for clean growth in India. The newly launched lab seeks your ideas for innovative instruments to drive investment. The call for ideas opens November 23. Learn more.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) is now welcoming applications for a fourth round of funding to support renewable energy projects in developing countries. The funding round of approximately USD 50 million is part of a USD 350 million (AED 1.285 billion) commitment by ADFD to provide concessional loans to projects endorsed by IRENA over seven funding cycles. Learn more.

According to a new report released today by IRENA, Germany is on track to realising its 2030 renewable energy targets. Renewable Energy Prospects Germany finds Germany has the potential to further increase the amount of renewable power sourced from solar photovoltaics and wind and achieve significantly higher shares of renewables in the end-use sectors. Learn more.