G20 Energy Transition Working Group Support-Intern at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

This approach is structured around four three pillars:

• Energy Security and Affordable, Reliable Access
• Just, Affordable and Inclusive Energy Transitions
• African Interconnectivity and Energy Pools With the African Union (AU) becoming a permanent member of the G20 and South Africa assuming the G20 Presidency in December 2024, UNEP aims to strengthen collaboration with South Africa and the AU to enhance engagement on sustainability issues critical to both the continent and the global agenda. As such, this internship will primarily focus on energy policy, with an emphasis on energy transition and the G7 and G20 processes.
• This internship is in UN Environment Programme's Climate Change Division, with the intern reporting to the Nairobi duty station.

Qualifications/special skills

• Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:
• be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in environmental sciences, business or public administration, social science, environmental law, or related field. Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work. experience.
• However, a field of study that is closely related to the type of internship that you are applying for is required.
• Applicants should have good knowledge of standard software applications, especially MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Teams.