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The International Network for Sustainable Energy is a network of more than 140 NGOs that are working for sustainable energy solutions to protect the environment and reduce poverty.
News
UNFCCC logo
November 11-22, 2024
UNFCCC COP 29, - Baku, Azerbaijan
INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP29
with a Side Event (November 20, 2024) and Exhibition (first week)

Read More at: INFORSE at UNFCCC COP29 in Baku
 
Sustainable Energy News SEN 88 September  2024 pdf file
NEW !
September 2024
Sustainable Energy News No. 88

From the contents: Sustainable Lifestyle - Sufficiency, Better Green Deal, News from members in Europe, South Asia, East Africa, Americas, and UNFCCC COP29 Don't Nuke the Climate

SEN 88
( 4 MB), 16p - Link to more issues
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP28
December 1 - 12, 2023 - UNFCCC COP 28, - Dubai UAE
INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP28
Proceedings at: INFORSE at COP28


1-6 December, 2023 - EXHIBITION IN BLUE ZONE
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Venue: Blue Zone, BOOTH NO: 1
.

8 December, 2023. SIDE EVENT IN THE BLUE ZONE
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).

Final SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WEBINAR: Eco-Village Development - Our Results

December 18, 2023, 13.30 (IST)
Final SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WEBINAR: Eco-Village Development - Our Results, in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka


Program and Presentations:
Webinar EVD Results in South Asia, 18 December 2023
Webinar: Reflections after COP28 by INFORSE
December 18, 2023
3.00 - 3.30 pm (IST, India): 10.30 (CET)
Webinar: Reflections after COP28 by INFORSE


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

Read:
Presentation (pdf)
COP28 The Outcome Analysis by INFORS
December 13, 2023
The outcome has been analysed by INFORSE. Read on the positive and negative sides:
COP28 The Outcome Analysis by INFORSE (pdf)
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP28
December 1 - 12, 2023
UNFCCC COP 28, - Dubai UAE

INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP28.
Proceedings and Read More at: INFORSE at COP28


EXHIBITION IN BLUE ZONE
1-6 December, 2023 - Venue: Blue Zone, BOOTH NO: 1

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).

Publications of Eco-Village Development December 8, 2023
Publication: Impact Assessment of Eco-Village Development (EVD) Projects. Project Report: Next Generation Low Carbon, Climate Resilient Eco-Village Development in South Asia
Published by the Eco-Village Development Project partners: INFORSE, INFORSE-SA, CANSA, Grameen Shakti, INSEDA, CRT-N, IDEA, and DIB.
71 pp. 2023.
Download the full publication:
PDF file pdf file 2 MB
More on the EVD project at the INFORSE Asia's website: inforse.org/asia/EVD.htm
Sustainable Energy News SEN 87 November 2023 - pdf file 3.5 MB November 2023
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 87


Articles include:
Eco-Village Development in South Asia NGO Cooperation Projects' Results
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP28
Online/Offline Publications on Local Solutions in South Asia and East Africa
Green Lifestyle, FULFILL-Sufficiency.eu Project, News from Europe
Download the pdf from INFORSE
- Direct download: SEN 87 (pdf 3.5 MB)
Webianar on Eco-Village Development  Adaptation October 4 2023

October 4, 2023
South Asia REGIONAL WEBINAR:
Local Solutions for Climate Adaptation Evidences for Policy Making

Eco-Village Development in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka,

The webinar is being jointly organized by the Eco Village Development project's partners: CANSA, INFORSE South Asia, Grameen Shakti in Bangladesh, Center for Rural Technology in Nepal, IDEA in Sri Lanka, and INSEDA in India. The project is coordinated by DIB, Denmark, and is funded by CISU, Denmark
Proceedings will be available at: CANSA's Web site: cansouthasia.net/local-solutions-for-climate-adaption-evidences-for-policy-making and at NFORSE Asia's EVD website: inforse.org/asia/EVD.htm
More on the Project: ecovillagedevelopment.net and inforse.org/asia/EVD
Look into the EVD Database of Solutions, Publications, Organisations, Images

Local Solutions Proposed for Climate Action & Development and Policies

Launch Publication: 30 August 2023
Local Solutions Proposed for Climate Action & Development and Policies to Promote & Scale-up Local Sustainable Energy Solutions
Developed by INFORSE Coordinators in Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Europe.

Download: Full Publication, 92 pp., (pdf, 7.9 MB)

Advocacy material from the members online:
- Solar Dryer by Mitraniketan in India (pdf, 2 pages)
and
- Clean cooking by PDAP in Bangladesh (pdf, 2 pages)


Read more on the Project: www.inforse.org/synergies

Low-Carbon Climate Resilient Eco-village Development in South Asia
Launch: July 27, 2023.
Low-Carbon Climate Resilient Eco-village Development in South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
by INFORSE, CANSA, Grameen Shakti, INSEDA, CRT-N, IDEA.
52 pp. ISBN: 978-87-970130-9-0
Download the publication from Download the publication from: EVD Publications or
PDF file pdf file, 4.9 MB.
UNFCCC SB58 Side Event: june 8 2023
Thursday, 8 June 2023, at 16:45-18:00
UNFCCC SB58 Side Event, Bonn, Germany + LIVE online on UN Climate Channel

Room: & UN Climate Channel
Title: 100% Renewables, Local Climate Solutions in East Africa, South Asia.
INFORSE-South Asia members present the Online catalogue on sustainable solutions in South Asia.

See Program and Proceedings at INFORSE's side event page
28 March 2023, at 2.00 PM to 3.30 PM (IST)
REGIONAL WEBINAR: Social Enterprise Model of Local Solutions
Road to Sustainability

Social enterprise is increasingly seen as a route to deliver products and services with social and environmental benefits to vulnerable populations. There are several success stories across South Asia of social enterprises as models.
Organised by the Partners of the Eco-Village Development Project.

See: Event Program and Proceedings
South Asia Webinar Dec 22, 2022 COP27  reflections
December 22, 2022
REGIONAL WEBINAR: Reflections after COP27 from South Asia:
Eco-Village Development, Climate Mitigation and Development
Get the story directly from the people who were there


More: Program and Proceedings
WEBINAR: Eco-Village Development Achievements in South Asia.  Oct 17 2022
October 17, 2022
REGIONAL WEBINAR: DIALOGUE on Eco-Village Development Achievements in South Asia

More: Program and Proceedings
 
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 86 - November 2022
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 86 - November 2022

Themes:
- 30 YEARS INFORSE Anniversary
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP27 in Egypt
- Catalogues: Local Solutions in East Africa,South Asia, Ukraine, Europe.
- Sufficiency - 100% Renewable Scenarios

Download from INFORSE's web site: Sustainable Energy News
Direct download pdf 3 MB

November 12, 2022
South Asia Policy Brief to UNFCCC COP27:
"Enhance Climate Ambition and Global Stock take With Local Sustainable Energy"

Download: Policy Brief to UNFCCC COP27 (2 pages)
INFORSE side event COP27
November 6 - 18, 2022
UNFCCC COP 27, - Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP27 with several delegates in Egypt.
Read Proceedings at: INFORSE at COP27

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

ONLINE CATALOGUE in SOUTH ASIA: LOCAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
- ONLINE CATALOGUE in SOUTH ASIA:
--LOCAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS for Eco-village Development

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-Link: WWW.INFORSE.ORG/evd
WEBINAR: Launch of Online Database of local climate Solutions for Eco-Village Development in South Asia

August 31, 2022
REGIONAL WEBINAR: Launch of Online Database of local climate Solutions for Eco-Village Development in South Asia

ENTER THE DATABASE: www.inforse.org/evd
More: Invitation and Program (pdf)
Download: Proceedings

UNFCCC:SB56 INFORSE side event on June 1 2022

June 11, 2022
UNFCCC SB 56 SIDE EVENT: INFORSE - SusWatch - NFRE - SE
Venue: Berlin Room, Bonn, Germany

Title: Local Climate, Sustainable Energy Solutions in GST, 100% RE, Sufficiency: East Africa, South Asia, Europe.
From INFORSE-South Asia, the Eco-Village Development Project was presented by INFORSE South Asia Coordinator, INSEDA.

See more:
Proceedings:
Proceedings and Program at INFORSE at UNFCCC SB56
Download South Asia Presentation: Local climate and energy solutions in Eco-village development in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Nepal Sri Lanka). and online Database and Policy Brief by Sanjiv Nathan, INSEDA, INFORSE-South Asia, India (virtual) (pdf, 2.5 MB)
Download Policy Brief: "Enhance Climate Ambition and Global Stocktake With Local Sustainable Energy" - South Asia Policy Brief to UNFCCC SB 56 (2 pages)

UNFCCC logo
February 28, 2022
- INFORSE's Submission to UNFCCC on Global Stock Take 
UNFCCC logo
November 19, 2021
INFORSE-South Asia with
INFORSE on COP26 Outcome (pdf)
Dont Nuke the Climate
100% renewables
November 2021
INFORSE joined 460+ NGOs on a statement for
UNFCCC COP26 "Don't Nuke the Climate"
Read & Join: dont-nuke-the-climate.org/cop-26-statement


INFORSE joined Global 100 % Renewables Platform Declaration to UNFCCC COP26
The Earlier the Better, Let’s Speed it Up! - Nuclear Energy is NOT an Alternative! It is unsafe, expensive, and slow.
Read: www.global100re.org/index.php/2021/11/02/cop26-declaration
INFORSE UNFCCC COP26  Side Event November 5, 2021

MEET US! SEE PROCEEDINGS:
SIDE EVENT: INFORSE - INSEDA - SusWatch - SE
Date: November 5, 2021
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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 Proceedings link to video:www.inforse.org/cop26.php3
Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/634459607557416

Sustainable Energy News SEN 84 November 2021 - pdf file 2.3 MB
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 85 - November 2021

News from INFORSE side event at UNFCCC COP26, Eco-Village Development in South Asia (EVD) Local Solutions in East Africa, Sufficiency, 100% Renewables in Europe

Download from: INFORSE and Direct download SEN85 pdf 2.3 MB.
Sustainable Energy News SEN 84 December 2020 - pdf file 1,5 MB
December 2020
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 84

- South Asia: New Project on Eco-Village Development in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh.
- East Africa: Online Catalogue of Local Sustainable Solutions http://localsolutions.inforse.org/
- Europe: Energy Sufficiency; Decorbanising European Heating; Power of Community Energy; ZeroCarbonBritain Hub; Community Energy in Ukraine; CSOs Call for Sustainable Energy Future in Ukraine and Belarus
Download from: INFORSE and Direct download pdf 1.5 MB
UN Climate Dialogue INFORSE Side Event 2020
26 November, 2020
INFORSE at UNFCCC CD2020 Virtual

Title: Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions in East Africa Catalogue, South Asia Eco-Village Development ToT, 100% Renewables


Download presentations from:
INFORSE Side Event at UNCD2020.
Eco-Village Development Feasibility studies in South Asia
July 16, 2020
Launch of Eco-Village Development Feasibility Studies in new Climate Zones in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh

Download Executive Summaries: EVD publications
HLPF 2020 INFORSE Side Event July 15 2020
July 15, 2020
UN HLPF 2020 INFORSE Side Event & Exhibition
Title: Local Climate & Sustainable Energy Solutions, South Asia, East Africa, Eco-Village Development, 100% Renewables

Download presentations: INFORSE at HLPF2020
 
and at the EVD Project
. 
COP25 side event 13 dec 2019 INFORSE Sudswatch INSEDA CCDB SE

December 2-13, 2019
UNFCCC COP25, Madrid, Spain (moved from Chile)

INFORSE-South Asia participates with side event (Dec. 13) and exhibition (Dec. 9-10).
Read more: INFORSE UNFCCC COP25 and at the EVD Project
.

Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 83 December 2019
December 2019
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 83


Inside:
• Editorial: COP25: Step Up Reductions and Support, also for Loss & Damage

• News from South Asia: Eco-Village Development in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Download pdf version and contents.
 
Global Climate Strike sept 20 - 2019

September 20, 2019
Global Climate Strike

Join, millions of climate strikers on the streets and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone.
INFORSE's website joined with a banner.

More: ClimateStrike.net & Join GlobalClimateStrike.net

UN Climate Summit 2019UN Climate Act NOW
September 23, 2019

UN Climate Action Summit, New York
Just Before the UN General Assembly

More:
- UN Climate Action Summit 2019 and
- UN Climate Action Now
European Development Days  2019
June 18-19, 2019 - EDD, Brussels
European Development Days

Event where INFORSE is participating:
June 19, 2019 at 14:45 to 16:00
Rise Of The Eco Village - How community-based design and supportive technologies are creating new models for equality and sustainability
Place: B1, Brainstorming lab
Organised by and with inputs from: CTCN, UNIDO, UNEP, UNFCCC, and REDES, Grobund, and INFORSE. INFORSE will present the Eco-Village Development in South Asia

See Program at EDD2019.
TOT Manual on EVD

Available Online: Socio-Technical Manual for Training of Trainers (ToT) Manual on Eco-Village Development in South Asia
130 pages, 2018.

Launch in English.
Download from EVD ToT Manual Contents website

Available in English, Hindi, Bangla, Nepali, Sinhala.

 

UNFCCC COP24
INFORSE - ENDA - INSEDA at UNFCCC COP24
Katowice, Poland

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

Exhibition: December 3-14, 2018

More: Side Event and Exhibition

Read: Short Review: What was decided at COP24 (pdf)

INFORSE South Asia Newsletter 2 2018 October

October 31, 2018
Newsletter - Issue No. 2.

Published by INFORSE South Asia / INSEDA

News from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Including: Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project, Inputs to the Talanoa Dialogue, INFORSE South Asia network meeting
. Download Newsletter 16 pp. (pdf file, 4.9 MB)

White Paper EVD  Climate Mitigation and Adaptation 2018
October 31, 2018
Launch of White Paper: Mitigation and Adaptation with Eco-Village Development (EVD) Solutions. 2nd edition 2018.

Download:
Full Report, 45 pp. (pdf, 1 MB) and Summary, 4 pp. (pdf, 1 MB).

Read more: EVD Project.
Peoples Climate March September 8, 2018
September 8, 2018
People's Climate March

On 7 continents, in 95 countries, with 900+ actions, people worldwide demanded real climate action from their local leaders.

More: riseforclimate.org - peoplesclimate.org - 350.org
EVD group Sri Lanka Field tour
August 27-31, 2018
Kandy, Sri Lanka

Final Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project Meeting and Field Tour

By EVD Project Partners: IDEA (Sri Lanka), CRT (Nepal), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh), INSEDA (India), DIB (Denmark), CANSA, and INFORSE.
August 30, 2018
Kandy, Sri Lanka

INFORSE-South Asia Coordination Meeting
By INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator and Focal Points: INSEDA (India), IDEA (Sri Lanka), CRT (Nepal), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh).
SDG7 Adfordable cleam energy
July 18, 2018 - The UN High Level Political Forum 2018 made a Ministerial Declaration that is calling for actions for sustainable energy.
Read the UN Declaration on Sustainable Energy (pdf).
INFORSE SUSWATCH INSEDA Side Event and Exhibition UNFCCC SB 48  Bonn May 1 2018

30 April to 10 May 2018
Bonn, Germany


UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - SBI 48
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)

April 30-May 10, 2018
INFORSE - SUSWATCH - INSEDA, Exhibition

May 1, 2018
INFORSE - SUSWATCH - INSEDA Side Event

Launch of Publication: White Paper: Eco-Village Development Mitigation and Adaptation.

Launch of UNFCCC Policy Brief

May 6, 2018
Talanoa Dialogue: Story from Villages in South Asia

Read more at

- INFORSE at SB48 and

- EVD Project.

White Paper EVD  Climate Mitigation and Adaptation 2018 -


Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 82 April 2018

April 2018
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 82


Inside:
Editorial: Climate Change & Poverty: Problems to Be Solved
• 3-page article on Eco-Village Development in South Asia: Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Download the whole issue: PDF file (pdf, 1.7 MB)

5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD): 2018
5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) presentation of EVD

28-30 March, 2018

5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)

Bangkok, Thailand.

Organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

Regional preparatory event for the high-level political forum on sustainable development that will be held under the auspices of the UN ECOSOC in New York in July 2018.
The event was focusing on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 6, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17.

On the Parallel Session on SDG7 (energy), there was a presentation of the Eco-Village Development Concept and Project by Sohel Ahmed, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh.

Read more on the EVD Project
Dialogue Meeting on Eco Willage Development on Block Level, Chamba, Uttarakhand.
March 9, 2018
India: Dialogue Meeting on Eco Village Development on Block Level, Chamba, Uttarakhand.

Read more on the EVD Project, and at INSEDA on EVD.
Interaction workshop with Micro Finance Institutions for upscaling EVD Concept at Dhulikhel
March 7, 2018
Nepal: Interaction workshop with Micro Finance Institutions for upscaling Eco Village Development (EVD) Concept at Dhulikhel.

Read more on the EVD Project and CRT Nepal on EVD
EV Upscaling regional event 12 February 2018

February 12-13, 2018
Regional Event: "Next Steps Towards Scaling Up of Eco-Village Development Solutions, Dhaka, Bangladesh

February 14-16, 2018
Upscaling EVD Project Meeting, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Read more on the EVD Project.
January 31, 2018

Eco Village Development in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh
Published by INFORSE-South Asia /INSEDA.

Download: Newsletter Issue #1 (18 pp. pdf 3.9 MB) or from INSEDA's website as pdf.
Read more on the EVD Project.


IDEA Sri Lanka worshop
December 8-12, 2017

Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on Sustainable Village Development planning for development officers in Matale, Sri Lanka.

Organised by IDEA, Sri Lanka Linking Eco Village Development activities with Gramashakthi People's movement together with Matale District Secretariat.
Read more on the EVD Project and at IDEA's EVD2 and EVD1 Project website.
November 6-17, 2017, Bonn, Germany
UNFCCC COP23

November 9: Side Event with INFORSE-South Asia participation

Read more: INFORSE at COP23
and EVD Project
Report: Greenhouse Emission Reduction Potential of Eco-Village Development (EVD) Solutions in South Asia

November 9, 2017

Launch of Report: Greenhouse Emission Reduction Potential of Eco-Village Development (EVD) Solutions in South Asia

Download the Report, From November 9, 2017: PDF file (pdf file, 36 pages, 1.6 MB)

Read more on the EVD Project

SEN 81 INFORSE 25 years issue
November 2017
New Issue of Sustainable Energy News
No. 81: incl. 3-page article on the EVD project in South Asia
PDF file (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Eco-Village Development as Climate Solution -English Hindi Nepalese Bangla Sinhala
July 31, 2017

Publication: Eco-Village Development as Climate Solution:
Proposals from South Asia
Now available also in
Hindi, Nepalese, Bangla, and Sinhala !

Link to Publication's Contents,
where you can also download the 60-page Publication in English, Hindi, Nepalese, Bangla, and Sinhala.

Read more on the EVD Project
July 31, 2017

New Issue of Sustainable Energy News
No. 80: Editorial & 6-page theme on Eco-Village Development in South Asia

Download the whole issue:
PDF file (pdf, 1.7 MB) 

EVD women's role dialogue meeting in India 2017
EVD national dialogue meeting in Nepal 2017

June-September, 2017

National & District Dialogue meetings in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh
Read more on the EVD Project

EVD Project meeting Nepal 2017
June, 2017

Final and Kick Off Project Meetings on Eco Village Development in South Asia, Nepal
Read more on the EVD Project
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP19
INFORSE 1992-2017

June 6, 2017 - 25-YEAR INFORSE ANNIVERSARY

INFORSE was formed in Rio at the NGO Global Forum parallel to the "Earth Summit" UNCED Conference 25 years ago on June 4, 1992.
We are celebrating this during the year with several events including events at COP23 in November, 2017.

Article INFORSE established in 1992
Read article on the creation of the network in "Soft Energy Worldwide" in 1992.

The founding people and organisations were: Hans Bjerregaard and Gunnar Boye Olesen (OVE, Denmark), Adam Gula (PKE, Poland), Emilio Lebre la Rovera (IED, Brazil), Martin P. Beaulieu (REDES, Uruguay), Waldo Bustamente (Tekhne, Chile), Howard Geller (ACEEE, USA), Alden Meyer (UCS, USA);
Stephen Karekezi (FWD, Kenya), Youba Sokona (ENDA, Senegal), Raymond Myles (AFPRO, India), Benjamin Gertes (PCAT, Phillipines).

INFORSE is DEEPLY CONCERNED On AREI - May 29 2017
May 29 2017

INFORSE is DEEPLY CONCERNED on the latest development of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)

Letter of Complaint over the EU Involvement of the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative and the Validation of Projects without Due Screening
Read: INFORSE Coordinators' letter on May 29, 2017, 2 pages, pdf file.
15 May, 2017

Launch of Policy Brief at UNFCCC SBI46, Bonn, Germany
NDCs and Global Stocktake Must Recognise Local Solutions & Reductions of Poverty

Download the Policy Brief (pdf file)
Read on the Good Practices in the Publication


7-17 November, 2016

INFORSE at UNFCCC COP22, Morocco in the Blue Zone:

Mini SIDE EVENT: November 8, 2016
Time: 12.00-13.00. Venue: Climate Change Studio (COP22 Blue Zone)
Title: Eco Village Development - A Low-Carbon Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy for Development in South Asia.


SIDE EVENT: November 11, 2016
Time: 16:45-18:15 Room:
Mediterranean
Title: Improving NDCs: Ecovillage Development, Energy Access, & Zero Carbon Societies in Africa, Asia & EU



EXHIBITION: November 7-18, 2016 (2 weeks)

Read Program, Proceedings:
INFORSE South Asia Eco-Village Development Project presented at COP22 and INFORSE at COP22

APAN Conference Sri Lanka 2016
INFORSE at
• 17-19 October, 2016
The 5th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum
Colombo, Sri Lanka


• 18, October, 2016
The Eco-Village Development Concept presented by Project Partners at the 5th APAN Conference's
Parallel Session: “Coordinating Policy Initiatives for Adaptation' in South Asia”, Sri Lanka


Eco-Village Development Concept will be presented at a parallel session.
Read more on the EVD Project

28 June, 2016
Event on Eco-Village Development (EVD) in India
:
National Dialogue Meeting in Dehradun, Uttarakhand State

More information at the co-organisers: INSEDA, WAFD and CANSA as well at the EVD Project.


May 20, 2016 INFORSE Side Event

20 May, 2016

UNFCCC
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - SB 44

INFORSE SIDE EVENT, Bonn, Germany

Time: 16:45 - 18:15, Room: Berlin

Title: South Asian Eco-Village Solutions in NDCs and Climate Finance: Renewable Energy, Organic Farming


Proceedings are at:
- EVD Project or
- INFORSE at UNFCCC SB 44.

Updated Eco Village Development (EVD) Publication and Policy Brief are at EVD Project.

20 May, 2016
Launch: Updated Eco-Village Development (EVD) Publication and Policy Brief -
Both Available NOW !!

-_ Publication: Eco-Village Development as Climate Solution -
_
_Proposals from South Asia -
__Second Edition published: May 2016
__Link to Publication's Contents
__Download: Final (3rd) edition - August 2016: (PDF file pdf file, 60 pages, 3.8 MB)
-_ Policy Brief - Updated on May 20, 2016
(PDF file pdf file, 3 pages, 305 kB)
• 20 May, 2016

Theme in in Sustainable Energy News, Issue no. 78:
Eco-Village Development as Climate Solutions in South Asia: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

Download the 4-page theme article:
PDF file (EVD 4-page article)

Download the full issue from INFORSE's web site Sustainable Energy News.

EVD Dialogue Meeting in Nepal May 2016
EVD Dialogue Meeting in Nepal May 2016

9 May, 2016

Seminar and Dialogue Meeting on Eco-Village Development in Nepal

Read more:
CRT-Nepal and the Eco-Village Development Project (EVD).

• 31 March, 2016
Pro-poor Low Carbon Development Strategies in South Asia - Regional Knowledge Sharing Workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Read more:
Low Carbon Development (LCD) Project and CAN South Asia.

Welcome Paris COP21 agreement - Eiffel in Globe
December 12, 2015 - UNFCCC COP21 Agreement by 195 states is a reality !

"Welcome to a New World of "Paris" Climate Action"

.. Important step forward, even though it is NOT perfect ...
by Gunnar Boye Olesen
, INFORSE

Read the evaluation of the Agreement: here.

UNFCCC COP21

UNFCCC COP21 Forum

INFORSE at UNFCCC COP21 Paris

• December 2015 - Paris, France
UNFCCC COP21
NGOs from INFORSE-Asia participated as exhibitors, civil society side event organisers, and observers of the negotiation at the COP21 Conference together with other INFORSE organisations.

December 3, 2015 - INFORSE Side Event in the Blue Zone
Title: Fair Low/Zero Carbon & 100% RE Strategies, South & North Countries, Villages, incl Women Initiatives
Speakers from INFORSE South Asia: INSEDA/WAFD India, Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh, CRT, Nepal, IDEA, Sri Lanka, AIWC, India

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
Speakers from INFORSE South Asia: AIWC, India on Gender Focus


Read more:
- EVD Project's web site including Presentations of the EVD Project
- INFORSE at COP21 - Proceedings of all events
Policy Brief EVD to UNFCCC COP21- Publication Eco Village DEvelopment in South Asia

December 3, 2015

POLCY BRIEF:
Eco-village Development as Climate Solution, Proposals from South Asia
Download:
PDF file Eco-Village Development (EVD) Policy Brief to UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, December 2015 ( 6-page pdf, 0.5 MB)

PUBLICATION:
Launch of the first edition of the Eco-Village Development Concept
- Read more and Download the Updated Publication (May 2016) from the Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project's web site

LCD POlicy Brief UNFCCC December 2 2015

December 2, 2015
POLICY BRIEF:
Pro-Poor, Low-Carbon Development Recommendations in South Asia, Africa, & Latin America

Download: PDF file Low Carbon Development (LCD) Policy Brief to UNFCCC COP21 in Paris, December 2015 (8-page pdf, 0.5 MB)

SEN77

• December 2015
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 77
Inside:
• Climate COP21 - Can it Break the Deadlock?
Themes:
• Low-Carbon Strategies in Africa and South Asia (3 pages)
Eco-Village Development in South Asia (3-pages)

Download pdf version and contents.

August 20, 2015:
From Mohammad Mahmodul Hasan (Grameen Shakti):
Success on Advocacy:
Grameen Shakti is going to get the CDM fund as recognized of it Solar Home System dissemination all over Bangladesh. It has taken almost 2 years to the success. Around 182,000 CER has been issued in favor of Grameen Shakti for replacing fossil fuel kerosene and sustainable development for low-carbon future.

Read more: UNFCCC CDM, article "Growing Solar Home System Earns Bangladesh UN fund; First in the World" in a leading Daily Newspaper in Bangladesh, EVD Cooperation Project on Advocacy.


Date: July - November 2015
"Low-Carbon Development Strategies with Focus on Women and Poverty Reduction in India"

Five workshops organised by AIWC in cooperation with CANSA and INFORSE-South Asia:
• Kolkata July 14, 2015
• Dehradun: July 16, 2015
• Rajkot: August 2, 2015
• Visakhapatnam: September 15, 2015
• Pondicherry: November 3, 2015
Read more: Report at AIWC web site (PDF file
pdf file) and Low Carbon Development (LCD) Project.
July 15, 2015 - Matale, Sri Lanka
Low-Carbon Eco-Village Development as Solution for Climate Change Advocacy Event

Read more: Proceedings (pdf file 2.5 MB),and
Projects on Eco-Village development (EVD) and Low Carbon Strategies Development (LCD).

UNFCCC logo

• 10 June 2015
INFORSE - UNFCCC Side Event in Bonn - SBI 42 - Pre Conference to COP21
Time: 18:30 - 20:00, Place: Room: Bonn I

Title: Rural Development with Low Carbon, Eco-Village Solutions in South Asia.

The Side Event was organised by NGO Partners in South Asia in the framework of the new EVD Project in 2015-2017.
The NGO partners include the INFORSE members: CRT (Nepal), IDEA (Sri Lanka), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh), INSEDA, AIWC, WAFD (India), DIB (Denmark), and CAN-South Asia.

Review and Proceedings:
- Side Event on Eco-Village Development (EVD) on June 10, 2015
- Policy Brief (June 10, 2014): "Eco-village Development as Climate Solution" (4-page pdf, 0.2 MB)
Read more:
- Project: Advocacy on the Eco-Village Development
- INFORSE's Side Events at SBI 42 in Bonn

• April 2015
Kick-off Project Meeting and Seminar on the Advocacy on Sustainable Village Development Project in India.

Read more: Eco-Village Development (EVD) Project's web site.
• January 2015
NEW PROJECT Started in South Asia
Project Title: Evidence Based, Low Carbon, Pro-Poor Advocacy on Sustainable Eco-Village Development (EVD).
The participating INFORSE members are:
INFORSE South Asia Coordinator INSEDA (India) and INFORSE national focal points as CRT (Nepal), IDEA (Sri Lanka), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh), AIWC, WAFD (India), and DIB (Denmark),which is Coordinator. Among the NGO Project Partners is CAN-South Asia.

Read more on the Project here.
2014 - 2016:
Launch Project: Low-Carbon Strategies - NGO Networks' Cooperation Project
in East & West Africa, South Asia and Latin America.

Read more: Promoting Pro-Poor Low-Carbon Development Strategies

December 2014
Update Publication: "Combining Energy Access and Climate Protection"

- How energy can be provided sustainable, reducing emissions and increasing well being
Update: Two cases added from Nepal and Bangladesh.
Cases in Asia and Africa. Compiled by the INFORSE members.
First launched at UNFCCC COP19 in Poland, 2013, and at June 2014 in Bonn.
Publication is one of the results of the "Southern Voices on Climate Change" Project.

Read: Brochure with Contents and Contacts (pdf, 4-page)
Download the full text as pdf from Publication.
Read more: INFORSE-Asia involvement of the Southern Voices Project

30 October, 2014 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Seminar: Southern Voices on Climate Change Program (2011-2014)
Learning from Southern Voices: How to make advocacy on climate change more effective.

Organizers: Consortium including CARE-Denmark (lead agency), Sustainable Energy Denmark (in cooperation with INFORSE), IBIS, DanChurchAid, CAN, and IIED.

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

In Bangladesh, a video was made to hear the "southern voices" of happy solar home users (PV) providing electricity to lamps, television and poultry shed.
The video includes 2 interviews made with solar home system users.
The video was made Grameen Shakti in the framework of the Southern Voices Project.
There is English subtitle.
Link to the video
4 June, 2014 - Bonn, Germany
UN Climate Change COP Pre-Conference to COP19.
* Launch of Publication: "Combining Energy Access and Climate Protection"

- How energy can be provided sustainable, reducing emissions and increasing well being
Cases in Asia and Africa. Compiled by the INFORSE members.
The Draft was Launched at UNFCCC COP19 in Poland, 2013.

Read: Leaflet Front page and Contents (pdf, 2-page)
Download the full text as pdf from Publication (updated December 2014).
Southern Voices on Climate Change
May - June, 2014 "Southern Voices on Climate Change" regional NGO Meetings and INFORSE-South Asia Meetings in Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Contact:
INFORSE-South Asia c/o INSEDA (India), and National focal points:
AIWC (India), CRT (Nepal), IDEA (Sri Lanka).
SV meeeting INFORSE Nepal 2014
_ May 2, 2014
_ National and Networking Meeting in Nepal organised by CRT Nepal
SV meeting India INFORSE 2014
_ April - July 2014
_ National Networking Meetings and Workshops in India
_
July 27-28, 2014: organised by INSEDA
_ May 20, 2014: organised by AIWC
_ April 15, 2014: organised by WAFD
SV Meeting INFORSE Bangladesh 2014
_ May 14 and July 12, 2014
_ National Networking Meetings in Bangladesh organised by Grameen Shakti.

SV meeting INFORSE Sri Lanka 2013
_ July 18-19, 2013
_ Regional Networking Meeting in Sri Lanka
UNFCCC COP19 Warsaw 2013
November, 2013 - Warsaw, Poland
INFORSE-Asia participated at UNFCCC COP 19.


EXHIBITION: INFORSE-AIWC, 11-22 November 2013,

SIDE EVENT: INFORSE-HELIO-AIWC

18 November, 2013, Time: 16.45-18.15
Title: "New Solutions of Climate Mitigation in South & North; NGO Voices; Technology Mechanism". Presentations from INFORSE-South Asia:
- Raymond Myles (INSEDA/INFORSE South Asia Coordinator),
- Usha Nair (AIWC), Raj Kalyani (AIWC), Zareen Myles (WAFD).
See Proceedings, Pictures at INFORSE-AIWC-HELIO Side Event.

INFORSE has Consultative status at the UNFCCC and ECOSOC.
Read on INFORSE-Asia's participation on previous UN Conferences.
Southern Voices on Climate Change
19 November, 2013, Warsaw Poland
Side Event: Southern Advocacy and Campaign Experiences: Including the Southern Voices on Climate Change Program, where INFORSE Asia is active.
Read more on SouthernVoices.net: SV COP19 Side Event


7-9 November, 2013, Warsaw, Poland
Pre-COP19 International Training Workshop: Advocacy & Campaign Strategies to Counter Climate Change.
Organised by the Southern Voices on Climate Change Project.
Participant from INFORSE-Asia: Geeta Sinha (AIWC).
Read more on SouthernVoices.net: SV Pre-COP19 Workshop
INFORSE Publication Energy Access and Climate

18 November, 2013
Launch of Publication
"Combining Energy Access and Climate Protection"

- How energy can be provided with sustainable energy, reducing emissions and increasing well being"
Cases in Asia and Africa
Compiled by the INFORSE members Draft Launched at UNFCCC COP19.
Read Contents (1 page, pdf)


Final Version will be Online in June 2014

Full pdf file, 4.8 MB, 78 pages, Gender in Sustainable Energy News 2001-2012

2013
Reader: Gender Climate and Energy 2001-2012

Compilation of Articles on Gender in Sustainable Energy News. The articles cover several activities in INFORSE South Asia.

Link to the Reader is under the Theme Gender.

INFORSE Publication Energy Access
2012 Publication "Energy Access Cases in Asia and Africa"
Compiled by the INFORSE members
(Online)
2012 - 2014
The "Southern Voices" on Climate Change Capacity Building Programme continues with Phase 2.
The capacity building of INFORSE-South Asia is coordinated by VedvarendeEnergi - a Danish Member of the Program's Consortium and the INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator (INSEDA) and INFORSE members in the region.

November-December 2012, Doha, Qatar

INFORSE-Asia participated at UNFCCC COP 18.
INFORSE participation included: Exhibition and Side Event

Side Event on December 5, 2012
Title: "New Solutions of Climate Mitigation in South & North; NGO Voices; Technology Mechanism"

Presentations from INFORSE-South Asia:
- Raymond Myles (INSEDA/INFORSE South Asia Coordinator), Usha Nair (AIWC), Zareen Myles (WAFD).
See Proceedings, Pictures at INFORSE-HELIO Side Event.

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

Southern Voices on Climate Change
21-23 November 2012, Doha Qatar
Pre-COP18 International Training Workshop:
Climate Change Advocacy

Organised by the Southern Voices on Climate Change Project.
Participant from INFORSE-Asia: Usha Nair (AIWC)
Read more on SouthernVoices.net: SV Pre-COP18 Workshop
South Aia Regional Meeting
August, 2013
South Asian level Regional Workshop of the Southern Voices Phase II
:
- Capacity building on Climate Change on August 21, 2013 at New Delhi, India
- Annual Knowledge Sharing and Learning on August 22 and 23, 2103 Workshop at Agra, India.
INFORSE-South Asia members made represented included: AIWC, INSEDA, WAFD from India; CRT from Nepal, IDEA Sri Lanka, Grameen Shakti from Bangladesh.
Pictures (1 page, pdf file, 250 kB)
20 - 22 June, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio+20, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Read:
INFORSE at Rio+20 (UNCSD)
21 May, 2012, Bonn Germany
New report by the Southern Voices programme, involving INFORSE, Climate Action Network, CLACC and other networks:
Report Reveals Key Role for Civil Society in Policymaking in a Changing Climate.

Download the Report from the Project's web site: www.southernvoices.net.

Press Release: pdf file (21 kB)

Read more: INFORSE at the Southern Voices Project.
INFORSE South Asia Meeting
January 17 & 18, 2012, India
INFORSE - South Asia Regional Meeting
November 28 - December 9, 2011, Durban, South Africa
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at UNFCCC COP17.
INFORSE participation included:
Exhibition and a Side Event on December 2, 2011. Several INFORSE-Asia members participated (e.g. INSEDA, WAFD, and AIWC from India)
.
See more at INFORSE at COP17
November 1-2, 2011
INFORSE South Asia Regional Workshop

See article on the workshop in Sustainable Energy News No. 72:
"A Vehicle for Cooperation: INFORSE Regional Workshop", November 1-2, 2011, New Delhi, India, page 7.


1-page article (pdf file, 0.8 MB)
Posters pdf file , 1MB
November-December 2011
Publishing
Posters on climate change and mitigation by implementation of energy renewable technologies. The posters were prepared, keeping member NGOs in view, and it was presented at the Regional Workshop and they were exhibited at the UNFCCC COP17 Conference. (pdf file, 1.0 MB)
INFORSE South Asia Regional Meetings
News from INFORSE South Asia:
- October 10, 2011 - INFORSE India National Workshop
- September 29, 2011 - INFORSE India National Workshop
- August 3, 2011, INFORSE Coordination Meeting in Nepal
Jan 2011 - June 2012
INFORSE Participates in the "Southern Voices" on Climate Change capacity building programme with focus on South Asian and African INFORSE regions and NGOs
29 November - 10 December, 2010
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at the UNFCCC COP16, Cancun, Mexico.

Among the INFORSE members, the delegates were:
- Emil Bedi, INFORSE-Europe Coordinator /FAE, Slovakia
- Raymond Myles, INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator /INSEDA, India
- Secou Sarr, ENDA, INFORSE-Africa Coordinator
- Pierre Dembele, Mali Folkecenter / HELIO International
- GERES, France


Read more at INFORSE-Europe's website.

Southern Voices on Climate Change

Southern Voices Group

3 December, 2010
Launch of a new NGO project - Southern Voices Capacity Building Programme.
The 2011-2012 Southern Voices programme was coordinated by CARE Denmark and was funded by DANIDA. INFORSE-Asia participated. Among the involved INFORSE organisations were: From Asia: INSEDA, India; From Europe: The Danish Organisation for Sustainable Energy (VE); From Africa: ENDA and Mali Folkecenter.
Read more about the new Project: Southern Voices on Climate Change.


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.

Climate COP15
December 7-18, 2009
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at UNFCCC COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. INFORSE also had an exhibition stall and a side event both at the Bella Center and at the Klimaforum at the DGI-Center.
From the INFORSE-Asia, Coordinators and National Focal points participated: INSEDA (India), WACF (India), CRT (Nepal), and ISEP (Japan).
Read more on the INFORSE-Asia participation at COP15:

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INFORSE at COP15
- December 14, 2009, COP15 Side Event at the Bella Center
Proceedings and Pictures

- December 9, 2009, COP15 side Event at the Klimaforum09
Pictures and Proceedings


- INFORSE exhibitions at Klimaforum'09 and at the
Bella Center
Climate COP14
December 15, 2008
INFORSE participated as NGO observer at UNFCCC COP14, December 1-12, 2008. INFORSE also had an exhibition stall and a side event.
From the INFORSE Asia Coordinators and National Focal points participated: INSEDA, AIWC (India), CRT (Nepal), ISEP (Japan).
Read more on the INFORSE participation at the conference at COP14
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Sustainable Energy Solutions for Poverty Reduction INFORSE CD
January 2008
INFORSE-South Asia CD Published
Sustainable Energy Solutions for Poverty Reduction
Result of an INFORSE project 2005-08.
The CD includes the Manual in 5 languages: English, Hindi, Nepalese, Bangla, Singhala.


Order a copy at: INFORSE order page or at INFORSE-South Asia Coordinator (INSEDA in India), or at the project partners e.g. IDEA from Sri Lanka, CRT from Nepal, Grameen Shakti from Bangladesh, OVE in Denmark. Find contacts under "Search Members & Contacts" on the left side of this page


Main Documents are Available Online: Manual
Sustainable Energy News logo
July, 2008
INFORSE news from Sustainable Energy News 61, page 8:
- IDEA from Sri Lanka is inviting international volunteers.
Read more on IDEA at successes under Sri Lanka and the Project on Poverty Reduction Manual, or at the Current Situation under Sri Lanka.
- Road 2020 Haribon Rain forestation Campaign in the Philippines
- Ashden Award to Grameen Shakti and TIDE
- Solar Energy Leads in Indian Climate Action Plan
January 23-24, 2008
Workshop: INFORSE-Capacity Building in Bangladesh

Contact: Grameen Shakti, Bangladesh or Raymond Myles, INSEDA, INFORSE South Asia Coordinator
May 24-26, 2007
Workshop: INFORSE-Capacity Building Project National Workshop of NGOs in RETs for Poverty Reduction in India
Venue: Om Shanti Retreat Centre, Manesar, Gurgaon, India
Program:
(37 kB word file)

Proceedings:
(pdf file 470 kB) or (word file 1.7 MB)
April-May, 2007
UN CSD Conference: INFORSE South-Asia organisations participated on the UNCSD 15, 2007.
Read more: here
March 2005 - January 2008
INFORSE organisations were focusing on a project on renewable energy and poverty reduction in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and India. The organisations collected successful examples of sustainable energy for poverty reduction and have developed guidelines for choosing the best solutions in given local circumstances. Follow the project's achievements:
Sustainable Energy News logo

You can find information about INFORSE-Asia in Sustainable Energy News as well as news about NGO-activities and international processes for sustainable energy.
Gender Theme in Sustainable Energy News
Link to the articles on Gender. Inputs are welcome to Judit Szoleczky Email: ove@inforse.org
Link to the full article on Improved kitchen in Sri Lanka, December 2007, here.
(under the title: Sri Lanka)

2005-2008 Project: INFORSE - South Asia is working on a project to provide NGOs with information and assistance to work better on sustainable energy for poverty alleviation.

Planning
INFORSE Vision 2050 & Planning for a Sustainable Energy Future
Ideas, resources for local & national plans: potential, barriers, computer models. Your guide to make proposals for sustainable energy development that follows implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.

Please send comments to the web master at: ove [at] inforse.org
or to the INFORSE-South Asia coordinator at: inseda [at] inforse.org
.
Created: March 2005. Last updated: October 6, 2024