In turn, this will help accelerate global climate action in line with the Paris Agreement, and progress on the Sustainable Development Goals In November 2023, a £40m scale-up of the Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform was included in the UK announcement476 at COP28 in Dubai, to facilitate clean energy demonstrators funded by FCDO Country Posts and to scale-up work on sustainable cooling and energy efficiency. So far, new demonstrators have been agreed in Tanzania, the Pacific and Indonesia, with additional demonstrators currently in design in Zambia, Somalia, and Rwanda, showing strong uptake on the This financial year 2023/24, £9.1m was awarded to 16 innovation projects via Energy Catalyst Round 10477, that started from April 2024, and to improve clean 465 Our strategic partnerships - Shell Foundation 466 Acumen's investment portfolio 467 GSMA Innovation Fund | Mobile for Development 468 Global Innovation Fund | Improving lives through social innovation 469 Industrial Decarbonization | Program Profile | ESMAP 470 Building Impactful The role of Institutional Support - Shell Foundation 471 Mirova announces first closing of Mirova Gigaton strategy 472 Access Financing for Your Next Project | Odyssey Energy Solutions 473 Cavex | Climate finance with impact 474 Home - The Global Distributors Collective 475 Crowdfunding energy access- State of the market report 2022 476 PM to call for ‘era of action’ at COP28 climate summit - GOV.UK 477 Round 10 - Energy Catalyst

energy access in 11 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Indo- Pacific (including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia). This is part of a broader UK government investment of £40.3m in 67 innovation projects to be funded by the FCDO and the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. It includes 4 projects funded by the Tanzania British High Commission via the new TEA In November 2023, a £15m scale-up of the UK’s Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme was included in the UK’s Ayrton Fund announcement478 at COP28 in Dubai, to facilitate clean energy demonstrators funded by FCDO Country Posts. So far, new demonstrators have been agreed in Tanzania and Uganda to scale-up and demonstrate eCooking from April 2024. 4.5.9 Support for the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies of developing Through the UK’s Ayrton Fund programming, the UK has been supporting the endogenous capacities of developing The UK’s Clean Climate Growth (CCG) Fund launched a new partnership with the International Energy Agency (IEA) on their Affordable and Sustainable Energy System for Sub-Saharan Africa programme479, which provides support to selected countries to improve their data management and long-term planning to facilitate development of low-carbon energy systems. CCG will provide training in its modelling tools to government officials in target countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, etc. BRILHO is a country programme that catalyses private sector investment and innovation, and government support in Mozambique, to increase energy access through supply of household solar, mini-grids and improved cooking • The programme has provided technical support to the government of Mozambique in drafting the regulatory framework for off-grid areas, making Mozambique a more attractive market for investors in the renewable energy • In 2023/24, BRILHO held workshops480 with government and industry representatives in the areas of leadership, gender equality and social inclusion, and women's empowerment. These sought to strengthen the capacity of institutions in the energy sector to create a gender-sensitive, inclusive, and conducive environment for the implementation of business 478 PM to call for ‘era of action’ at COP28 climate summit - GOV.UK 479 Energy Sub-Saharan Africa – Programmes - IEA

models that tackle the needs of vulnerable people and increase the representation of women in the energy sector value chain. UK support to Mission Efficiency funded the development of three innovation roadmaps under the Ayrton Fund’s Industrial Decarbonisation challenge in Brazil, Kenya, and Vietnam. It also funded a publicly accessible toolkit481 that facilitates more integrated support on energy efficiency by identifying priority sectors by country and leveraging existing tools from partner programs and platforms, as well as other leading institutions around the world. 4.5.10 Efforts to encourage private sector activities related to technology development and transfer and how such efforts support developing country Parties Our ICF programmes are having a global impact, as set out in our published annual International Climate Finance (ICF) results482. Since 2011 UK ICF has leveraged £7.8 billion of private finance for climate change. Examples of UK efforts to encourage private sector activity through Ayrton Fund 4.5.10.1Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform • Between 2016 and 2024, the £265m FCDO Transforming Energy Access483 (TEA) platform, which invests in early-stage testing and scale-up of new clean energy technologies and business models for developing countries, leveraged £1.5 billion in additional investment into clean energy research, innovation and scale-up from both public and private sources. • TEA-supported innovators have gone on to raise significant investment capital, including for example Sheffield-based Mobile Power484 who developed an innovative battery swapping and distribution system in use in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Uganda, Zambia, Gambia and Nigeria and have raised over £5m in follow on investment. Mobile Power have rented their portable batteries over 16 million times to date and have 55,000 active customers who use these batteries to power electric motorbikes, for phone charging, lightening, and for powering small DC appliances such as • Another example of a TEA-supported innovator is Wales-based SureChill485 who developed a unique cooling technology approved by the World Health Organisation that ensures a refrigerator remains perfectly cool during any power outage, and who raised over £7 million in follow on investment. 481 Toolkit - Mission Efficiency 482 UK International Climate Finance results 2024 483 Transforming Energy Access (TEA) - supporting renewable energy projects, energy access and green technologies in Africa and Asia. 484 MOPO — Redefining energy and transport in Africa 485

SureChill refrigerators are used in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria, Zambia, and Mali.
4.5.10.2 Africa Clean Energy Programme (ACE) • The Africa Clean Energy Programme (ACE) is a regional programme including a Challenge Fund supporting start-ups or expansion of household solar energy businesses in nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and supporting the deployment of mini grids through the African Development • During the Ayrton Fund period, the programme leveraged £2.8 million in private finance in support of programme activities and is estimated to have provided 0.67 MW of installed off-grid clean energy capacity. 4.5.10.3 Global Facility to Decarbonise Transport (GFDT) • The GFDT is a new, first of its kind World Bank Trust Fund486 that provides financial and technical assistance to support transport decarbonisation in low and middle-income countries. Its mission is to accelerate innovation and investment in climate-smart mobility solutions, with the goal of achieving net zero in the global transport sector by 2050. GFTD funding and project preparation helps move big transport decarbonisation projects that otherwise would not go forward. In doing so, the Fund empowers low and middle- income countries to build transport systems that not only reduce emissions, but are also safe, modern, inclusive, and resilient. • Three GFDT innovation-focused projects have been badged as Ayrton to date, including in India (developing a new business model to help unlock commercial financing at scale for e-buses, e-motorcycles and electric 3- 4.5.11 Efforts to accelerate, encourage and enable innovation , including research, development and deployment efforts, and collaborative approaches to research and development Examples of Ayrton Fund activities accelerating innovation 4.5.11.1 International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF) • International Science Partnership Fund (ISPF)487 will facilitate participation of world-class UK academic researchers and their international partners in cutting-edge research. This is an existing fund that supports world-class 486 Global Facility to Decarbonize Transport (GFDT) 487 International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF)

research in cutting-edge science and innovation to tackle the major themes of our Planet, Health, Tech, and Talent. • Under the theme of ‘Resilient Planet’, ISPF will give researchers and innovators access to global talent, large-scale facilities, research ecosystems and markets to swiftly move forward ideas to greater maturity, applicability, • The programme will build on DSIT’s small portfolio of energy research and ensure a strong strategic direction of the work and coherence with other government departments. It will comprise a combination of scaling-up of existing activities, such as Innovate UK’s Energy Catalyst and EPSRC’s energy access projects, and new thematic projects in areas such as solar/biofuels, whole systems, heating/refrigeration, sustainable transport, and • The fund launched in December 2022 with an initial £119 million. A further £218 million was announced in November 2023 for research and innovation partnerships with low and middle-income countries to support sustainable • Research partnerships that bring together multiple countries and both university and private sector expertise, produce game-changing technologies, innovations and evidence, benefiting hundreds of millions of people in lower- income countries. The UK’s International Science Partnerships Fund is an example of how we can foster prosperity by solving shared global research and innovation challenges. Genuine partnerships are essential to achieve the ambitions set out in the UK’s Science and Technology Framework and the International Technology Strategy. Transforming Energy Access (TEA) platform • The £265m FCDO Transforming Energy Access488 (TEA) platform funds the research, development and demonstration of new clean energy technologies and business models for developing countries. • Between 2016 and 2024, through effective partnerships and collaborative approaches with the private sector, academia, NGOs and international organisations, TEA has stimulated UK-led research and development of 662 new clean energy technologies and business models in areas such as energy storage489, sustainable cooling, electric pressure cookers, remote network management, energy access crowdfunding490, improving clean 488 Transforming Energy Access (TEA) - supporting renewable energy projects, energy access and green technologies in Africa and Asia. 489 MOPO — Redefining energy and transport in Africa 490 Energise Africa | Change the world & target a return of up to 6%

energy access for 27 million people in developing countries (including 13 • It has also leveraged £1.5 billion of additional investment into clean energy technology research, innovation and scale-up from both private and public sources; created and supported 125,000 sustainable long-term jobs (including 27,000 jobs for women); supported 759 young Africans with job placements and 1135 managers with specialist training in clean energy access businesses; and led to the avoidance of 2.7 million tonnes of 4.5.12 Clean Energy Innovation Facility (CEIF) • The CEIF 1.0 programme, under the umbrella CEIF platform, aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies in developing countries along key themes such as industrial decarbonisation, sustainable cooling, smart energy, and energy storage. A programme extension of up to £55m (CEIF 2.0) has been approved and started in March 2024. The CEIF 2.0 programme will focus on piloting and demonstrating innovative technologies across three key themes - industrial decarbonisation, sustainable cooling, and smart energy. • Up to 2023/24, CEIF 1.0 supported 55 sustainable cooling technologies with 62 pilots in Colombia, Mexico, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, India, and Bangladesh. The pilots focused on key themes, namely cooling in cities, cold chains, temperature-controlled logistics, space cooling, and cooling-as-a- service (CaaS) business models. Alongside this, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - delivery partner for CEIF - launched the India Cooling Innovation Lab491 in December 2023 bringing together technology innovators and local companies to pilot innovative smart energy technologies. • Under the Industrial Decarbonisation theme, in 2023 CEIF supported 17 ongoing projects in Morocco, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Türkiye, Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, as well as regional activities in East Asia and Pacific and those with a global reach. Under the Smart Energy theme, CEIF redefined the fund based on lessons learnt over the past 4 years and planned a strong pipeline of projects showcasing the impact of these • The UK’s Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme has produced knowledge products which are being used in teaching and research within seven universities or research institutes in Low and Middle-Income Countries.
491 TechEmerge Sustainable Cooling – India Cooling Innovation Lab - TechEmerge

• Further to attending CCG training courses, academics within these seven universities are either teaching CCG tools in their courses or using CCG tools in their research. Examples at Strathmore University492 in Nairobi, Kenya, the CCG energy systems modelling tool OSeMOSYS493 is being taught as part of the Masters of Science in Sustainable Energy Transitions; at the Addis Ababa Institute of Technology for Research Advancement494 CCG tools are being used to assess the potential impact of climate change on hydropower supply in Ethiopia; at Makerere University495 in Kampala, Uganda CCG tools including Model for Analysis of the Energy Demand (MAED) and OSeMOSYS496 are being taught in the "Master of Energy Economics and • The Accelerating Smart Power and Renewable Energy in India (ASPIRE) seeks to leverage carbon financing to provide market-driven solar-powered induction cooking solutions to target households in India that are below the poverty line and use firewood as their primary cooking fuel. In 2023/24, the programme facilitated 17 strategic engagements between Indian and UK organisations, disseminated 50 technical study reports enriching knowledge exchange, and empowered 1,800 senior level stakeholders through capacity 494 Addis Ababa University | Seek Wisdom, Elevate your Intellect and Serve Humanity 495 Welcome | Makerere University