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Unlocking Financing for Clean Cooking Access in Southern Africa
By Florence Gichoya Action 24, the southern node of the ACCESS Coalition, held a webinar on, ‘Unlocking Global Finance Streams for Clean Cooking and Energy Access in Southern Africa.’ The webinar aimed to create awareness
ACCESS Regional COP 29 Webinar on Climate Finance and Just Transition
By Florence Gichoya The ACCESS Coalition’s regional nodes convened a pre-COP 29 webinar on Climate Finance and Just Transition. Representatives from the ACCESS Secretariat, Action 24, Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), and Strategic Youth
DRC-Kenya Learning Exchange on Inclusive Energy Planning
By Florence Gichoya Energy stakeholders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya participated in a five-day learning exchange workshop on ‘Accelerating Development Through Inclusive Energy Planning’ in Naivasha, Kenya, on July 1-5, 2024.
AfDB Side Event – Shaping the Financing Architecture for an Equitable Energy Transition
Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh, AfDB’s Director for Power Systems Development By Florence Gichoya The African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings were held on May 27–31, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. ACCESS Coalition co-hosted a side event
Creating Impactful Stories on Clean Energy
ACCESS Coalition organized a capacity development session on effective energy and climate change advocacy for civil society organizations (CSOs) on May 2, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya. The goal of the session was to equip the
Community Awareness on Energy Efficiency in Ghana
The Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND), in collaboration with Africa Movements Building Space (AMBS), organized community outreach activities in March 2024 in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The goal was to promote awareness and
Voluntary National Review Training for CSOs
ACCESS Coalition and the East African Node, Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), organized a capacity-building session for civil society organizations (CSOs) on voluntary national review (VNR) reporting. VNR is a key component of the
Zimbabwe’s Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Clean Cooking
The Zimbabwe Ministry of Energy and Power Development, in partnership with the UNDP and the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), convened a multi-stakeholder workshop in April 2024 to validate the Clean Cooking Strategy for
Kenya’s Clean Cooking Transition Strategy Validated
Last week, the Kenya Clean Cooking Transition Strategy was validated by stakeholders drawn from the government, development organizations, civil society organizations, and academia. Dr. Faith Wandera-Odongo, Deputy Director of Renewable Energy at Kenya’s Ministry of Energy