Learn how we are working to transform how we use and produce energy.
Partnering with islands to accelerate their shift to affordable, resilient renewable energy
Most islands depend on costly, imported diesel, despite their strong solar and other renewable potential, creating an urgent need and opportunity for resilient, locally powered clean energy systems.
of renewable energy opportunity in Small Island Developing States
of electricity is generated from renewables for most island grids
Climate finance mobilized across the Pacific over 4 years
The Islands Energy Program is supporting the development of more than 20 projects. We continue to help governments and utilities identify and advance bankable and sustainable renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
As solar energy expands across hurricane-prone regions, resilience has become central to long-term success. RMI’s Solar Under Storm series brings together years of on-the-ground assessments, engineering analysis, and industry collaboration to better understand how solar PV systems perform during extreme weather and how this infrastructure can be strengthened.
RMI’s Energy Transition Academy helps build local capacity, strengthens skills, and supports island practitioners advancing resilient, clean energy systems.
RMI’s Climate Finance Access Network in the Caribbean and the Pacific builds local capacity, embeds finance expertise, and helps island nations unlock and scale climate investment for resilient energy projects.
The Caribbean Climate Smart Facility (CCSF) is designed to address bankability gaps and catalyze the transition to a fully commercial clean-energy market in the Caribbean, including overseas territories.
The Caribbean Regional Transition Scenario is a regional effort to guide policymakers, utilities, and partners in building resilient, renewable energy systems across island nations.
A successful transition ensures that energy is no longer a barrier to opportunity but a gateway to empowerment. It promises equitable access to affordable, clean energy; jobs in emerging industries; and resilience to the climate crises that threaten the region’s very existence. The Caribbean energy transition is the foundation upon which the region can build a future that is resilient, prosperous, and inclusive. Every step forward brings the Caribbean closer to a future where energy empowers, opportunity flourishes, and climate resilience becomes a reality.
Given the lived reality of most Pacific Islanders to the impacts of climate change, it has been elevated in the region as critical to our very survival.
Islands are not lacking ambition; they are not lacking ideas; they are not lacking commitment. What they have been lacking, too often, is access — access to finance, access to the right support, access to a system that works with them, not against them. CFAN exists to change that.
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