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External 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 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 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…
Read MoreTravel 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 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…
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