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The World Wind Energy Association WWEA, ISEP Japan, the Malifolkecenter Nyetaa MFC, the African Platform for Community Power and Rural Electrification, in collaboration with Global100RE, GWNET, Japan Community Power Network and LEE NRW, will host the 3rd World Community Power Conference WCPC2020 with the main topic “Women in Community Energy”. Due to the global covid-19 pandemic, WCPC2020 will be held as an online meeting, on 19 November 2020.The WCPC2020 will gather community energy stakeholders from around the world to join the discussion on how to maximise the benefits of renewable energy for all, with a special focus on the role of women. Women are leaders in the climate movement, but they appear to still have difficulties in participating and are underrepresented in renewable energy in general and in particular in community energy. Accordingly, WCPC2020 aims at highlighting models and approaches in which women are playing a driving role and defining what barriers women face when they try to act in renewable energy field. WCPC2020 will also present a study WWEA is currently conducting with various partners about the role of women in community energy: https://wwindea.org/women/WCPC2020 follows the 1st World Community Power Conference 2016 which was organised in Fukushima City, Japan, and the 2nd World Community Power conference which was held in Bamako, Mali.WCPC2016 concluded with the Fukushima Community Power Declaration.WCPC2018 concluded with the Bamako Community Power Declaration.The main objectives of the WCPC2020 are:· Continue on from the first and second WCPC to promote community power on the international level as solution that is needed to create a more participatory renewable energy future, in the face of the negative effects of climate change and the dangers of nuclear energy.· Raise the profile of community power and its multiple benefits in particular in relation to the role that women can and should play in the broad socioeconomic transformation which will be required.· Conclude with policy recommendations on how to maximise socioeconomic participation and in particular strengthen the role of women.Speakers with an interest in presenting their activities and initiatives during the WCPC2020 are cordially invited to submit a brief abstract not exceeding 200 words, to be sent latest by 3 November 2020 to secretariat@wwindea.org

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