On October 3, 17 and 31, ENERGIA and SEforALL’s People-Centered Accelerator, organised a three-part webinar series on Gender and Energy Access. The series focused on our five-year Gender and Energy Research programme (2014 – 2019). The last webinar included findings from our Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Programme. The research programme aimed to generate and […]
In 2015 all United Nations Member States adopted 17 global goals which aim to end poverty, improve health and education, promote equality, conserve our planet’s resources and boost economic growth, and committed to meeting specific targets by 2030. As part of its commitment to achieving these objectives, Kenya’s Ministry of Energy launched its Gender […]
November 5, 2019, ENERGIA is partnering in the first global cooking campaign; ‘Clean Cooking Is..’ The Campaign is launched by the Clean Cooking Alliance during the opening session of the Clean Cooking Forum 2019 in Nairobi. The campaign is created exclusively to drive greater awareness, engagement and support for clean cooking. The issue Still three […]
From 5-7 November the clean cooking sector will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the Clean Cooking Forum 2019. Under the theme ‘Investment. Innovation. Impact.’ the sector is keen to find new- and scale proven solutions that make clean cooking accessible to the three billion people who currently live without it. The forum will be […]
Nairobi, Kenya – 1st November 2019 – The Ministry of Energy has today launched its Gender Policy. This Policy aims to raise the level of gender awareness, change attitudes and inculcate an engendered work culture among staff in the energy sector. This Policy is the first such legislative instrument on the African continent. Energy […]
On 22 September 2019, during the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health session, prior to the United Nations Climate Action Summit, government and private sector representatives, local authorities and members from international organizations met to discuss concrete actions towards a just energy transition in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to […]
A Q&A with Rita Poppe, Hivos policy advisor green and inclusive energy From September 23 to 29, the city of New York will host the annual climate week. Besides panel discussion, concerts and exhibitions, the Climate Action Summit of the UN Secretary-General will be organized. In the same week, the SDG Summit will also take place, bringing together […]
By Thabit Mikidadi, From sexy and cool to a sign of bad choices and unhealthy habits; conversations around cigarette smoking are starting to shift thanks to decisive campaigns that have reduced its usage after many health-related complications were attributed to its use. The use of cigarettes has been declining worldwide especially in the west […]
World leaders, influencers, advocates, academics, activists, and journalists gathered last week in Vancouver at the Women Deliver Conference, the world’s largest conference on gender equality and the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women, to discuss new knowledge on gender and promote solutions to achieve a more gender equal world. In particular, the […]
Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N) has been awarded with “The Adaptation at Scale Prize” on 23rd May 2019 in recognition for the promotion of innovative and unique Hydraulic Ram Pump technology to improve the capacity of Nepal’s vulnerable communities to adapt climate change impacts. Mr Ganesh Ram Shrestha, Executive Director of CRT/N received […]
In September 2015, the international community came together and approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which contained 17 goals and over 169 targets to “provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet”. Among others, one of the greatest challenges facing countries in meeting the 2030 goals is universal energy […]
Governments, businesses and civil society organizations have made tremendous strides in bringing affordable and clean energy to more people in recent years, but this progress has been largely uneven and must be accelerated in order to leave no one behind, says a new collection of policy briefs compiled by the multi-stakeholder SDG 7 Technical Advisory […]
Follow us on: