#DigitalPublicGoods have the potential to equip countries and organisations with the tools they need to take climate action. For this reason we are thrilled to share that Energy Access Explorer is now a recognized #DPG! Energy Access Explorer is an interactive geospatial platform that enables energy planners, clean energy entrepreneurs, donors, and development institutions to identify high-priority areas for energy access interventions. Learn more ⤵
📢 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 📢 Energy Access Explorer is the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 with a special focus on #EnergyAccess and #EnergyTransitions! Like traditional public goods (see public parks, libraries, clean air), digital public goods are available to everyone! Thank you to the Digital Public Goods Alliance and the United Nations 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹’𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 for promoting the development of open-source software, open standards, open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that adhere to privacy and other applicable best practices, do no harm, and are of high relevance for attainment of the SDGs. This marks a significant leap in 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Ever grateful to all colleagues, partners, contributors! #sdg7 #energyaccess #energytransition #dataforgood #digitalpublicgood #opensource