Pathways to Clean Cooking II – Leaving No One Behind Wexford, England, May 30-31st This conference will explore recent advances and probe continuing challenges. It proposes to focus attention on reaching the furthest behind first, with topics such as: – Households and settings – Evaluating pathways to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems – Impact Based Finance for cleaner cooking – Modern, clean, sustainable bio-energy in a low-income country context – Policy options for a just transition to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems – Transitional and hybrid multiple fuel-device cooking systems Call for submissions now open All submissions will be reviewed after the Continue reading
Energy Poverty
NEWS: Solving the Energy Poverty Problem
Published online at American for Energy Leadership Solving the Energy Poverty Problem On 02.28.11, In Opinion, By Natalie Relich. In the age of iPhones, Facebook, and Twitter, we have instant access to information and constant means of communication. It is difficult to imagine life without these luxuries, but they are just that, luxuries. For a large portion of the world these technologies are not only a rarity, but an impossibility, as there is no access to electricity. 1.5 billion people do not have access to electricity; 585 million of them living in Sub-Saharan Africa and 404 million in India. Three Continue reading