Posts by Henriette Vest Jensen
Travel plans for the SE team the next 3 months
The DaCCA programme, Kenya. Finn Tobiesen and Lars Jacobsen will visit Kenya between 20th and 29th September. A main purpose of their mission is to meet and be debriefed by an external consulting team who has been charged with conducting a major midterm review of the DaCCA programme. The visit will also include a discussion…
Read MoreClimate change policies and CSO participation
Kenya went to the polling stations on 8th of August for presidential and county election. As in previous elections, very little policy was discussed. None of the presidential candidates have seriously addressed the major problems the country faces including the growing youth unemployment, the great inequality and effects of climate change and corruption. However, in…
Read MoreContinued ceasefire in Mozambique is good news
The continued ceasefire in Mozambique is good news for programme-supported communities: The implementation of the SE Danida funded programme in Mozambique has now begun. The scope of the programme is to strengthen local Natural Resource Management Committees, to ensure that the communities gain from the local exploitation of natural resources and disseminate experiences to appropriate…
Read MoreIntroducing new climate change campaign
SustainableEnergy has developed a new advocacy campaign on climate change. The title of the campaign is “Take Climate Action”, and was launched in Denmark earlier this year. The main objective is to raise awareness in Denmark on the consequences of climate change for vulnerable groups in different African countries. The campaign will mobilize the Danish…
Read MorePIPA project
Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa – with a focus on pro-poor emission development (PIPA) January 31st, the new project Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa – with a focus on pro-poor emission development (PIPA) will be kicked off when all the partners meet for an inception workshop in…
Read MoreVillagers ban logging
Poor women in rural areas of Mali have a significant income in selling firewood to consumers in the nearby towns. The income is typically used for food, school fees, medical expenses and transport. Larger commercial enterprises from nearby towns often compete with villagers on the utilisation of the same resources. Unsustainable cutting of trees, however,…
Read MoreCommunity based mini-grid
Cooperation between Danish private companies and development agencies has a high priority in Denmark’s new development policy. Recently, SustainableEnergy in collaboration with the Danish wind turbine manufacturer VESTAS, Technical University of Denmark and Kenya Climate Innovation Centre received approval of support to a 5 years’ mini-grid development project in rural Kenya. Existing mini-grids typically run…
Read MoreLaunch of new programme
As per January 2017 all SE’s Danida funding to Mozambique is directed into a consortium of partners who together will implement a three year programme: Natural Resource Management Committees in Sofala – Governance, Rights and Climate Change The programme will in parts be a continuation of the previous work of ADEL Sofala in organising and…
Read MoreAccelerating Clean Energy
Accelerating Clean Energy in West Africa: Climate change is felt worldwide, and in already vulnerable countries the consequences are particularly severe. In spite of the challenges West African countries are committed to the climate agenda. In the newly launched SustainableEnergy project “Accelerating Implementation of Regional Policies on Clean Energy in West Africa”, CSO partners are…
Read MoreModel for none-grid
Model for none-grid electrification: Mrs. Onyangos dream has come through. There is electric light in her house. She can listen to the radio and charge her mobile phone. A Solar Home System (SHS) has been installed in her home and she pays back 0,5 USD a day to the provider through the pay-as-you-go system (a…
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