The dialogue brought together donors, advocates and movement leaders from across the gender, climate, human rights and development sectors to dive into powerful case studies — from Zimbabwe, South Africa, India and the US — and power-centered policy analysis, exploring the challenges and opportunities for delivering a transformational just energy transition.

In this context, philanthropy must play a pivotal role by partnering with communities and advocates, advancing people-centered, rights-based, and systems-change approaches. As top-down technological solutions, often accompanied by displacement and destruction, remain the status quo, we must instead pursue a gender just transition—one that literally and democratically puts power in the hands of the people.

As we continue the conversation and collaboration across donors, advocates, activists, and practitioners around a gender just energy transition, we invite you to share your current work and priorities in this follow-up survey.

We are eager to think together about upcoming opportunities for generating resources, sharing knowledge and experience, and working across movement spaces and organizations after this powerful event.