Andres Clavier

2022

It is a very exciting time to take action. Every day there are more and more systems, technologies, and institutions with the potential to solve our most pressing sustainability issues, and it is up to us to utilize them and make a difference.

Age
28
Pronouns
He/Him
Hometown
Calgary, Alberta
Current Residence
Lima, Peru

Organizations

  • Light Up The World (LUTW)

Global Impact Focus

  • Affordable and Clean Energy
Which SDG Are you most passionate about and why?

Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy for All is the SDG I’m most passionate about. I think we can all see how renewable energies are a very exciting opportunity for people living in cities to transition their energy use away from fossil fuels, but most of us are not aware that it is also a very exciting field for people that have never had access to energy before. There is great potential to improve their lives by connecting them to reliable power for the first time.

What Issues are you most passionate about and what inspires you to take action?

I have been very fortunate to have the opportunity to research and develop technologies that can improve the lives of people living in poverty and can open opportunities for communities to live more sustainably. It inspires me to learn that every day, there are more people, governments, and companies realizing that becoming more sustainable as a planet must be a priority. Similarly, every day there are more opportunities to launch sustainability initiatives and make a difference.

Andres in a farmer town hall meeting in Ancash Peru explaining how solar energy can improve their livelihoods and replace batteries, fuels and candles.
Andres representing Light Up the World in the 2019 SDG conference in Peru.
Andres at a filter he developed with a PhD student from the Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia where we used plants to treat wastewater.
Andres pitching LUTW’s solar energy social enterprise to representatives of the Swiss Development Agency.