Charlotte Taylor,  in partnership with Mariama Kamara, Founder and Director, Smiling Through Light The energy sector is traditionally male-dominated with men’s access to better education, skills training, and finance enabling […]
Universal energy access: what’s gender got to do with it? Read More »
By Sarah Best, senior researcher in IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. For Tanzania to meet its energy needs – and in a way that is sustainable – huge levels of finance
Bringing solar out of the shadows Read More »
By Shanti Kleiman, Mercy Corps Mercy Corps Liberia recently launched a 36 month European Commission funded (EC) project, Light Up Liberia, in the several counties of Liberia. With the EC’s support,
Interview with John Kioli, Chair of the Kenya Climate Change Working Group, by Hannah Mottram Tell us about your organisation The Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG) Â is a consortium
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By Eco Matser, Hivos One fifth of women around the world cook on wood or charcoal stoves. This is not only bad for their health – it causes 4.3 million
Why cooking deserves more attention Read More »
By Stuart Butler and Fatma Muzo This article was previously posted in the Sierra Club Magazine September/October 2016 edition with the headline “All of Africa Will Be Bright”. Both Sierra Club and
How to deliver clean energy access to the billions of people that need it will be a key question at COP 22 this year. ACCESS members will be working with negotiators and hosting side events to advocate for energy access that meets the needs of the poorest, and involves communities in decision making processes.
ACCESS at COP 22 – Marrakesh Read More »
By Lucy Stevens, Practical Action Here in the UK, we take having reliable electricity and gas for cooking and heating for granted. But even for us the prospect of power failures
Energy access in the developing world – new solutions to old problems. Read More »
By Lucy Stevens, Practical Action Here in the UK, we take having reliable electricity and gas for cooking and heating for granted. But even for us the prospect of power failures
Energy access in the developing world – new solutions to old problems. Read More »
The National Gender and Sustainable Energy Network (NGSEN) is an ACCESS member working in Tanzania. Find out about the challanges they face bringing together the important issues of gender and energy, and their successes in building capacity of civil society to engage and advocate.
Case study – The National Gender and Sustainable Energy Network (NGSEN), Tanzania Read More »
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