Author: Tjarda Muller
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GCF launches its first climate gender manual
Stockholm, 29 Aug 2017 – The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch today of its first gender guide to climate finance. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate Isabella Lövin (who is also the country’s Deputy Prime Minister) unveiled the gender manual during World Water…
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Innovative public outreach in Indonesia
By Neva Nahtigal Kopernik, our partner in Indonesia, has been working to improve public understanding of issues related to women and energy access. At the core of their recent activities in pursuit of that goal is the Indonesian Women for Energy – or #IDWOMEN4ENERGY – campaign. As Kopernik’s communications officer Ina Saptiono explained, “This…
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WEBINAR: Financing National Energy Access: A Bottom Up Approach.
Practical Action (PA) is launching its 6th edition of the Poor People’s Energy Outlook (PPEO) series –Financing National Energy Access: A Bottom Up Approach. This report considers how best to finance the national integrated energy access plans PA created for Bangladesh, Kenya and Togo in PPEO 2016, looking at the mix of technologies and funding required to…
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PRESS RELEASE: Women need a seat at the clean energy table
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On August 24, 2017, Solar Sister, in collaboration with the UN Foundation-led Energy Access Practitioner Network and ENERGIA will host a workshop to highlight the need for more meaningful inclusion of women in clean energy access value chains and policies. Solar Sister will also launch new research from the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship on the benefits of its…
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SEforALL launches ‘heat maps’
August 14, 2017 – Using the latest energy data from our knowledge partners, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) has launched newly updated ‘heat maps’ on its web site that help identify countries and regions around the world making the most progress – and facing the biggest challenges – on key sustainable energy issues. The four sets of heat…
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Funding opportunity: Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves seeks research partner
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a potential applied research study on clean cooking and unpaid work. Contingent on approval of funding (up to $150,000), the Alliance is seeking to identify qualified partners to help improve the sector’s understanding of the impacts on girls and women’s livelihoods,…
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UN Sustainable Development Summit
UN Sustainable Development Summit, 25 – 27 September 2017 More information
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Sustainable Development Impact Summit
Delivering on the ambitions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris climate agreement will require accelerating public-private cooperation and deploying new technological solutions. The Sustainable Development Impact Summit aims to advance both by providing a multi-stakeholder platform for concerted action. The World Economic Forum will work closely with leaders from government, business,…
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UNFCCC COP 2017
The 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will held from November 6 – 17. The event is organized by Fiji and hosted at the headquarters of the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn, Germany. More information
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Clean Cooking Forum 2017: Driving Demand. Delivering Impact.
Save the Date! The Clean Cooking Forum is the largest international biennial gathering of professionals working to advance the clean cooking sector. Hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, the 2017 Forum will be held at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. The Forum brings together global leaders from the private sector, government, finance, civil society, academia,…
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ECOWAS validates its regional Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects
Energy experts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) validated and adopted the ECOWAS Directive on Gender Assessments in Energy Projects, during a 3-day workshop held from 26 – 28 June 2017 in Accra, Ghana. A groundbreaking achievement for the advancement of women’s human rights in energy development, the Directive aims to ensure…
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Self-paced online course on gender and energy equality
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program has developed a self-paced e-learning course on gender and energy equality. The course is meant for social development and energy specialists, policy makers, practitioners, and members of civil society interested in learning about the linkages between gender equality and energy using recent research, data and country level experiences. Course topics, materials…