SOLIDARITY ENERGY WEEK 2024

Solidarity Energy Week was created by the French NGO Electriciens sans frontières in 2013 to raise awareness of the problems of access to electricity and water around the world. From Monday, September 30 to Sunday, October 6, 2024, we have a week to show that solutions exist to combat inequalities in access to electricity and water around the world with free events all over France! Every year, the 1,100 volunteers of Electriciens sans frontières invite you to join them for Solidarity Energy Week.

This year’s event runs from Monday September 30 to Sunday October 6. In all regions of France, events with our partners will be taking place to illustrate how energy is an essential lever in the fight against both inequality of access to electricity and water around the world, and the vulnerability of populations to climate change. Indeed, simple, effective, affordable and sustainable solutions do exist, and are perfectly suited to meeting the needs of isolated rural areas , which suffer the most from energy poverty worldwide.

Events will take a variety of forms: photo exhibitions, round tables, film screenings, etc. These events are free and open to all audiences, depending on the venue.

The 2030 Agenda is a universal program launched by the UN based on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During Solidarity Energy Week, Electriciens sans frontières aims to make as many people as possible aware of both the issues at stake and the existing solutions.

• 675 million people worldwide have no access to electricity.
• We carried out 94 development projects in 2023.

• 2.2 billion people still have no access to drinking water.
• 50% of our projects provide access to quality water and adequate sanitation.

• Energy is the main factor contributing to climate change.
• 89% of our development projects use renewable energies.