There's a gap between the international story of the energy transition and the local experience of it. New infrastructure can bring jobs, investment, cheaper energy and opportunities for communities.
It can also bring disruption, disagreement and a suspicion that the benefits will end up somewhere else.
The industry has plenty of evidence about the economic and environmental value of clean energy. Turning that evidence into a convincing story is a different challenge. Particularly when communities are being asked to accept changes to familiar places.
This roundtable brings together industry, government and communications leaders to explore new, compelling and credible narratives about the social value of clean energy, and what needs to happen on the ground to make that story true.
Claire Willers will contribute to this roundtable bringing learnings from Gold Standard’s two decades of placing sustainable development benefits at the heart of carbon projects. She will also bring insights from our newly published energy sector methodologies and requirements that create carbon finance opportunities at different scales and geographies, ensuring we reach those who need it most.