Everyone deserves access to power and every community should have homes that are climate resilient. 

While welcoming the federal government's commitments to implementing the First Nations Clean Energy Strategy, co-Chair of the First Nations Clean Energy Network Karrina Nolan says there's more work to be done to get the transition right. 

While remote settlements across the country are making strides in renewables; getting involved in solar, wind, battery and hydro power projects while advocating for policy changes and funding to ensure the best possible outcomes for First Nations people, there are others being left behind.

"Some of our communities are living in extremely vulnerable conditions,” Karrina told the AAP. 

"This is an opportunity to retrofit these households, upgrade them, get energy efficient appliances into them, put solar on the roof or next door in a microgrid.

"That makes them climate resilient, cheaper, more livable and cuts a whole heap of social and health costs."

This excerpt of an article by Keira Jenkins was first published by AAP