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December 18, 2023
3.00 - 3.30 pm (IST, India): 10.30 (CET)
Webinar: Reflections after COP28 by INFORSE

Download Presentations from INFORSE's website:
Webinar on COP28 outcome - 18 December 2023

Read: Presentation (pdf)

SIDE EVENT IN THE BLUE ZONE
Date: Friday, 8 December, 2023. Time: 11:30-13:00, Room: SE room 1
Title: 100% Renewable & Local Solutions: Africa, South Asia & Local Climate Resilience and Poverty Reduction.
Showcasing Community & Eco-Village Development: transition to 100% renewables, climate mitigation, adaptation & resilience with social co-benefits, income generation, food security, livelihoods, gender. Online Catalogues. Examples: Participatory planning & training in Africa, South Asia & around the world.
- Organisers: Global Ecovillage Network (GEN International), INSEDA (INFORSE-South Asia), Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable energy, SusWatch Kenya (INFORSE-EA).

Brochure of the Catalogue: 80+ Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
in English, Swahili, Luganda, Runyakitara and Luo

Download:
- Brochure in English, 12 pp., (pdf, 2.3 MB)

- Brochure in Swahili, 12 pp., (pdf, 2.3 MB)

- Brochure in Luganda, 12 pp., (pdf, 2.3 MB)

- Brochure in Runyakitara, 12 pp., (pdf, 2.3 MB)

- Brochure in Luo,12 pp. (pdf, 2.3 MB)

SIDE EVENT IN THE BLUE ZONE
Organised by INFORSE - INSEDA - SusWatch - SE
Date: November 12, 2021 - Time: 15:00-16:30
Venue Room: Memphis (Blue Zone)

EXHIBITION IN BLUE ZONE
7-12 November, 2022 - Venue: Blue Zone, BOOTH NO: 19

MEET US! SEE PROCEEDINGS:
SIDE EVENT: INFORSE - INSEDA - SusWatch - SE
Date: November 5, 2021 - Time: 11:30-12:45 GMT
Venue: Loch Lomond Auditorium, Glasgow, UK

Title: Local Climate Solutions & Eco-Village Development, 100% RE in NDCs, East Africa, South Asia, Europe
Policy proposals for local solutions in NDCs & Global Stocktake. Launch catalogues of climate solutions in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), eco-village development in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka), for energy access & gender equality, 100 % renewables: Europe, Kenya, Uganda.
Read more & link to video: www.inforse.org/cop26.php3
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/634459607557416

• 13 July, 2021
UN Sustainable Development HLPF 2021
INFORSE Side Event: 7.30 AM-9.00 AM, New York time

Title: Local Climate Solutions for a Sustainable & Resilient Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic in East Africa, and South Asia; Women’s Role; 100 % Renewables as driver for climate mitigation from Denmark to Kenya and Globally.
Featuring also:
- Catalogue of 50+ local sustainable and climate solutions in East Africa;
- 100 % renewables scenarios as part of climate neutrality strategies to Kenya
Read proceedings: INFORSE at HLPF2021

Moderator: Richard KImbowa, INFORSE-East Africa, UCSD, Uganda. The solutions will be introduced by speakers from TaTEDO, Tanzania; JEEP, Uganda; and SusWatch Kenya.
Registration link and read more: EASECA Project

• December 2019
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 83
Inside:
•Editorial: COP25: Step Up Reductions and Support, also for Loss & Damage
•News from East Africa:
- East African Civil Society for Sustainable Energy & Climate Action (EASE -CA) in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.

Download pdf version and contents.

• July, 2019 - Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania

NEW(!) EASE-CA NGO Cooperation Project Start

Title of Project: East African Civil Society for Sustainable Energy & Climate Action

Period: July 2019- July 2022

Read more: EASE-CA Project

Side Event: December 7, 2018, 15.00-16.30
Room: Warmia

Exhibition: December 3-14, 2018

More: Side Event and Exhibition

- Policy Brief INFORSE East Africa for COP24 (pdf)
- Policy Brief - Guideline social effects of large-scale renewables; West Africa (pdf)
Read: Short Review: What was decided at COP24 (pdf)

• November 14, 2018 - Senegal

NFORSE West African organisations presented recommendations for the social content of renewable energy, in particular how to organise renewable energy projects that yield local benefits and that not become problems for the communities around them.

The recommendations were the results of dialogues initiated in the 3 countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. They set the stage for further expanded dialogues and further in-depth analysis to arrive at an approach that can guide future renewable energy developments.

The recommendations were presented at a side-event during the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF), November 13-14, Dakar, Senegal.
At the end of the side-event, the facilitator, Secou Sarr, ENDA, invited all stakeholders to take part in continued dialogues for development of inclusive guidelines for renewable for energy plants with local benefits.

Roundtable Panelists were: Charles D. Konseibo CEAS Burkina, Ousmane Ouattara, MFC Nyetaa; Hyancith Elayo, Policy Analyst, ECREEE; Djimingue Nanasta, ENDA; Emmanuel Kabore, APER.
From INFORSE Secretariat: Gunnar Boye Olesen participated at the event..

Read the Policy Brief with the Recommendations pdf English and pdf French

ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum: www.esef2018.com

INFORSE ACE Project

• 8-10 November, 2018
2nd World Community Power Conference, Bamako, Mali
Bamako Community Power Declaration

More than 300 people met and agreed a declaration for the development of community power globally.

Read: Declaration

December 2015 - Paris, France
UNFCCC COP21

NGOs from INFORSE-Africa participated at the Conference together with other INFORSE organisations.
Read more at: INFORSE-Arfica at the UN

December 3, 2015 - INFORSE Side Event at the UNFCCC Conference
Title: Fair Low/Zero Carbon & 100% RE Strategies, South & North Countries, Villages, incl Women Initiatives

December 8, 2015 - INFORSE Side Event at the Climate Generations areas organised by the French Government
Title: Promoting Pro-Poor Low Carbon Development Pathways with Gender Focus

Read Proceedings of the side events: INFORSE at COP21

December 2015
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 77

Inside including:
•Climate COP21 - Can it Break the Deadlock?
•Low-Carbon Strategies in East & West Africa, and South Asia
• Eco-Village Development in South Asia

Publications:
- Light over Africa by Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy

Download pdf version and contents.

30 October, 2014
Seminar: Southern Voices on Climate Change Program (2011-2014)
Learning from Southern Voices: How to make advocacy on climate change more effective.
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Organizers: Consortium including CARE-Denmark (lead agency), Sustainable Energy Denmark (in cooperation with INFORSE), IBIS, DanChurchAid, CAN, and IIED.

Read more:
- Program: Seminar Program, October 30, 2014
- Publication: Climate Change Advocacy Toolkit
- INFORSE-Africa at Southern Voices on Climate Change in Africa.

11-22 November 2013, Warsaw, Poland
INFORSE - Africa participates at UNFCCC COP 19

SIDE EVENT: INFORSE-HELIO-AIWC:
18 November, 2013, Time: 16.45-18.15

EXHIBITION: INFORSE-AIWC
11-22 November 2013
Title: "New Solutions of Climate Mitigation in South & North; NGO Voices; Technology Mechanism"

Presentations from INFORSE-Africa:
- Mahamadou Diarra from Mali Folkecenter
- Djimingue Nanasta from ENDA/INFORSE West Africa Coordinator, Senegal
See Proceedings, Pictures at INFORSE-AIWC-HELIO Side Event.

INFORSE has Consultative status at the UNFCCC and ECOSOC.
Read on INFORSE-Africa's participation on previous UN Conferences

November-December, 2012, Doha, Qatar
INFORSE-Africa participated at UNFCCC COP 18.
Title: Climate-proofing Affordable Energy Services: Local Experiences that Support Sustainable Development
Presentations from INFORSE-Africa:
- Djimingue Nanasta from ENDA/INFORSE West Africa Coordinator, Senegal
- Pierre Dembele from Mali Folkecenter
- Yaovi Joseph Kogbe, FOE Togo / HELIO International
See Proceedings, Pictures at INFORSE-HELIO Side Event.

INFORSE has Consultative status at the UNFCCC and ECOSOC.
Read on INFORSE-Africa's participation on previous UN Conferences

3 December, 2010:
Launch of a new NGO project “Southern Voices Capacity Building Programme"
The 2011-2012 Project is coordinated by CARE Denmark and is funded by DANIDA. INFORSE-Africa is participating.
The involved INFORSE organisations among others: From Africa: ENDA, and the Mali Folkecenter. From Europe: The Danish Organisation for Sustainable Energy (VE), From Asia: INSEDA, India.

GROUP PICTURE:
Top from left: William Chadza, CEPA, Civil Society Network on Climate Change, Malawi; Boubakar Fall, CLACC fellow, ENDA, Senegal; Emmanuel Seck, CAN West Africa, ENDA, Senegal; Hannah Reid, IIED; Ange David Baime, JVE, Ivory Coast, member of WANET CSD; Sherpard Zvigadza, CLACC fellow, ZERO, Zimbabwe; Poul Erik Lauridsen, CARE Denmark; Pierre Dembele, WANET CSD, Mali Folkecenter, Mali; Maiga Mahamadou Farga, CLACC Fellow, Amade Pelcode, Mali; Mónica Lópes Baltodano, Suswatch, Nicaragua.

Bottom from left: Moussa Na Abou Mamouda, AfricaAdapt, ENDA, Senegal (previous CLACC Fellow); Sanjay Vashist, CAN South Asia; Charles Meschack, Tanzania Forest Conservation Group, member of Accra Caucus on REDD and Forests; Achala Chandani, CLACC Fellow Bangladesh, Caritas Bangladesh; Taukei Kitara, TuCAN, Tuvalu; Vivian Lanuza, Suswatch, Guatemala, Fundacion Solar; Raymond Myles, INFORSE South Asia, Inseda, India; Marstella Jack, CAN Micronesia; Maria Isabel Olazabal, Ibis Central America; Peter With, Coordinator, Southern Voices Capacity Building Programme; Mahima Njaidi, Mjumita Forest Network, Tanzania; Raja Jarrah, Care Tanzania –Accra Caucus; Betty, Mjumita Forest Network, Tanzania; Oumar Tankari, Care Niger; Maïmouna Konaré, FEMNET Mali, AWLAE; Elvin Nyakura, CLACC Fellow Kenya, ACTS.

Read more at the INFORSE at "Southern Voices on Climate Change" Project.

December 15, 2008
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at the UNFCCC COP14, December 1-12, 2008.
INFORSE also had an exhibition stall and a side event.
From the INFORSE Africa Coordinators participated: ENDA (Senegal) and Earthlife Africa (South Africa). ENDA also participated with its own exhibition stall.
Read more on the INFORSE participation at the conference at COP14

July, 2008 - German Volunteers to Africa: If your organisation in Africa, would like to host a young volunteer from Germany, please read the German INFORSE member Artefact's call: Solivol.

July, 2008 - Play to electricity in Namibia. Article in Sustainable Energy News (SEN). See at p.9 in SEN # 61.

Read about INFORSE's Global Vision 2050 project and find tools for renewable energy planning.