Webinar on: Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC)

📅 Date: 28 August 2025
⏰ Time: 3.00 PM IST | 11.30 AM CET
🎤 Speaker: Andrea Eras Almeida, Renewable Energy Expert, UNIDO – Division of Energy and Climate Action, Just Energy Transitions Unit.

How can regions collaborate to accelerate the global clean energy transition and achieve net-zero emissions?

This exclusive webinar, hosted by the Greenstat Center of Excellence for Hydrogen (COE-H), features insights from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and its Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC). Launched in 2010, GN-SEC has become a pioneering platform that empowers countries across Africa, the Arab region, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Central Asia to drive regional collaboration on renewable energy, green hydrogen, and sustainable innovation.

🎤 Keynote Speaker
Andrea Eras Almeida – Renewable Energy Expert at UNIDO, with over 15 years of experience in renewable energy, climate innovation, and energy efficiency. Andrea shared how GN-SEC bridges the gap between international climate agreements and national implementation, fostering policy harmonisation, capacity building, technology transfer, and green jobs.

Key Takeaways

• Understand the GN-SEC framework for regional clean energy cooperation.

• Learn from case studies in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

• Discover UNIDO’s multi-stakeholder approach through South-South and triangular cooperation.

• Explore GN-SEC’s virtual maker-space model, driving capacity building, project development, and innovation.

• See how Sri Lanka and other developing nations can leverage GN-SEC to advance their net-zero energy transition goals.

Why This Matters

The GN-SEC initiative is a bold step in global capacity building for renewable energy and green hydrogen solutions. By harmonising policies, strengthening technical expertise, and mobilising investment, GN-SEC enables developing nations to pursue net-zero pathways, inclusive growth, and a just energy transition.

👉 Watch the full webinar recording now to learn how your country, institution, or business can partner with UNIDO’s GN-SEC and become part of the global clean energy community working towards sustainable, carbon-neutral futures.

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