(par 6.3.2.3 ) Energy Africa campaign is right to look to off-grid solar power
DfID’s new Energy Africa campaign is right to look to off-grid solar power https://www.odi.org/comment/10039-dfid-energy-africa-solar-power-electricity-access Kevin Watkins, 29 October 2015 Africa’s energy crisis represents one of the great development challenges of our day. Power deficits remain a powerful brake on economic growth and poverty reduction. Meanwhile, 140 years after Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, 621 million Africans have […]
(par 6.3.2.3) Community-owned renewable energy is a Climate Justice Charter imperative
Community-owned renewable energy is a Climate Justice Charter imperative https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-12-17-community-owned-renewable-energy-is-a-climate-justice-charter-imperative/ ‘The decisions we make today are critical in ensuring a safe and sustainable world for everyone, now and in the future,’ says Debra Roberts, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II. “We will advance socially owned and community-based renewable energy systems […]
(par 6.3.2.3 ) Bring sustainable energy to the developing world
Bring sustainable energy to the developing world http://www.nature.com/news/policy-bring-sustainable-energy-to-the-developing-world-1.15034 Reid Detchon & Richenda Van Leeuwen, 16 April 2014 Investment and policies must support cheap, clean energy technologies to cut both poverty and climate change, say Reid Detchon and Richenda Van Leeuwen. Solar lanterns light up evening schools in India. More than one-third of people in the world start […]