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Turudi Shule – a new project awarded
SustainableEnergy in collaboration with the Victoria Institute for Research on Environment and Development (VIRED International) have been awarded a new project in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The project is situated in two specific fishing communities on the shore of Lake Victoria and is expected to start up in April 2019. “Turudi Shule – Empowering girls…
Read MoreExternal Evaluation of SE’s’ Climate Advocacy Projects in East and West Africa
From April to June 2018, an external evaluation was conducted of the two projects; Accelerating the Implementation of Regional Policieson Clean Energy in West Africa (ACE) and Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa with a focus on pro-poor low emission development (PIPA). Both projects are financed through the Fund for Climate and Environment (FCE)…
Read MoreFinal PIPA project conference held in Nairobi in late May 2018
The five organizations SustainableEnergy (SE), Suswatch-Kenya, Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD), Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization (TaTEDO)and the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE),organized in May the conference ‘Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa – emerging opportunities, issues and challenges 3 years down the road’. The conference was held in Nairobi and…
Read MoreThe programmatic communication platform conducts its first meeting in Nairobi
Working with climate change provides us with a unique platform for uniting across borders. In April the participants from the programmatic communication platform met in Nairobi to develop a shared communication strategy for climate action. An important output of the workshop was the development of the concept “Take Climate Action”. “Take Climate Action” is…
Read MoreParticipatory Environmental Governance – Mali Folkecenter publishes a compilation of approach and experiences.
What does it take to produce sustainable results within a programme designed around the principles of participatory environmental governance? Mali Folkecenter has produced a short and informative note on this, sharing their experiences and providing us with their operational and strategic suggestions on how best to do this. The short reader friendly document builds on…
Read MoreHigh quality honey now produced in Sofala
Since April 2016 SustainableEnergy has been supporting ADEL Sofala in the implementation of a EU supported honey value chain project. The project is part of a larger EU programme intended to spark new energy into rural economic development in several provinces of Mozambique. Moses Kakanu who is the project coordinator to ADEL explains the latest developments: “After…
Read MoreNew communication platform shall strengthen the global voice for climate action
Working with transboundary issues like climate change, provides for a unique opportunity to discuss effective ways and means to advocate for both local and global climate action. In early 2018, SustainableEnergy will take the first steps to form an inter-continental communication alliance, working together in a programmatic communication platform. Communication staff from a variety of…
Read MoreUpdate from the PIPA project – Promoting the Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa
In November, the five partners SustainableEnergy (SE), International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE), Suswatch-Kenya, Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development (UCSD) and Tanzania Traditional Energy Development Organization (TaTEDO) met in Bonn in relation to COP23. The PIPA project seeks to increase the ambitions for low emission targets and poverty reduction in the implementation of the Paris…
Read MoreThe Solar EMpower project brings light to Maringue district
Soon the houses in Maringue will be illuminated”, as project officer at Muleide, Rosaria Zaituna puts it. The lightning will come as a result of a new project granted by the Danish Cooperative bank, Merkur. The Solar EMpower project will seek to improve the delivery system for solar lamps in the Maringue district by creating…
Read MoreUpdate from the Miniwind project in Kenya
The Kenya Miniwind project has now been running since September. The project consists of SustainableEnergy, Vestas Wind Systems, Technical University of Denmark, Kenya Climate Innovation Center and Rural Electrification Authority in Kenya, all partnering together for a four-year project focusing on hybrid mini-grid development in rural Kenya in order to contribute to poverty reduction, stimulate…
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