Table of Contents The Future of Renewable Energy Transition Trends, Risks, and Youth Leadership in 2025 and Beyond. A Four-Part Essay Series from the YES-DC Webinar August, 2025 About YES- DC The Young Energy Specialists & Development Cooperation (YES-DC) is a youth-led organization founded in 1994 to connect students and young professionals passionate […]
In July 2023, I became the first Black youth female president of the YES-DC, since then I have been leading the network by organizing programs, creating a safe space for networking, and innovating ideas to spur sustainable energy and development. Through the position, I reinforced the belief in the power of youth voices in driving
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On October 20th, 2023, YES DC hosted a highly insightful symposium titled “Geopolitical Implications of the Recent Trend of Coups in Sub-Saharan Africa on Europe’s Energy Sustainability Goals” at Carol Shaw Hall, The Hague Tech. This event convened experts, policymakers, industry leaders, academics, and civil society representatives to analyze the far-reaching impacts of recent political
On Friday, July 26th, 2024 Young Energy Specialists & Development Cooperation (YES-DC) concluded an insightful event titled Energy Diplomacy: Approaches to Innovation, Sustainability, and Inclusivity in the Hague. This event brought together distinguished speakers and participants to explore diverse strategies in energy diplomacy, with a special focus on cooperation between the Global South and Global North.
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VACANCIES Call for 2 Members of the Board of YES-DC: Research and Content, and Communications We are looking for 2 new enthusiastic Members of Board. One with relevant research and content creation expertise, and one with relevant communications expertise to support the network development. Are you looking to build your career in the field of
Last Wednesday, we had a great time during our YES-DC Summer meet-up event. Great to see familiar faces, welcome new members and we even had the honour of hosting some YES-DC alumni. Questions about challenges within our (professional) life gave room to very interesting conversations. We hope you also enjoyed, and we would love to
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Last Wednesday, 3rd of July, YES-DC organised an event about data science and energy transition. We had three inspiring speakers: Paul Suijkerbuik from the Dutch/European government talked about the importance of open data sharing, Hubert Spruijt from Senfal told us more about his work with energy trading and Florijn de Graaf from Spectral shared some examples of implementing cutting-edge smart grid
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During the general assembly of YES-DC on June the 3rd the board of 2018-2019 was discharged and the board of 2019-2020 was installed. If you are interested in the minutes of this gathering, you can find it in this link. We, the brand new board, thank Rob de Jeu, Reinout Boven, Adwait Apte, Anuja Naiknavare, Yvo
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We are looking for the next board, and you can be part of it! Do you want to actively influence what is the latest talk in the energy sector? Send us an email through info@yes-dc.org.
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YES-DC attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference this December, called COP24, in Katowice, Poland in December of 2018. The delegation consisted of Adwait Apte, Angelita Kappers, Rhythima Shinde and Marnix Paanakker. Together with our partners the Klimaat Energie Koepel (KEK) and YES-Europe, our delegation also facilitated a workshop on how young professionals are influencing Dutch energy policy. You can read about their experiences
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