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November
11-22, 2024
UNFCCC COP 29, - Baku. Azerbaijan
INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP29
with a Side Event on November 20, 2024 and Exhibition
(first Week)
Read More at: INFORSE
at
UNFCCC COP29 in Baku |
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NEW
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• September
2024
Sustainable Energy News No. 88
From the Contents: Sustainable Lifestyle - Sufficiency, Better Green Deal, News
from members Europe, South Asia, East Africa, Americas, and Global - UNFCCC COP29
in Baku
SEN 88 ( 4 MB),
16p - Link to more
issues |
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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)
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December
13, 2023
The outcome has been analysed by INFORSE. Read on the positive
and negative sides:
COP28
The Outcome Analysis by INFORSE (pdf)
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December
1 - 12, 2023
UNFCCC COP 28, - Dubai UAE
INFORSE is participating at the UN Climate COP28.
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).
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November
2023
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 87
Articles include:
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP28
Green Lifestyle,
FULFILL-Sufficiency.eu, Europe
Online/Offline Publications on Local Solutions in East Africa & South
Asia
Publications of
100 % Renewables Senarios in Kenya and Uganda
Climate
Action Activities Continue by JEEP in Uganda
Download the
pdf from INFORSE -
Direct download: SEN
87 (pdf 3.5 MB) |
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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: Publication
(92 pages, 7.9 MB pdf)
Read more on
the Project: www.inforse.org/synergies |
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Thursday,
8 June 2023, 16:45-18:00
UNFCCC
SB58, Bonn Germany & LIVE
at UN Climate Channel
Title:
100% Renewables, Local Climate Solutions
in East Africa, South Asia.
INFORSE East Africa members present: 100%
Renewables in Kenya and in Uganda, and online
catalogue
on
sustainable
solutions
in East Africa.
See Program, Proceedings, virtual link at INFORSE's
side event
page |
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Catalogue:
80+ Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
2nd edition, print, 2023 148 pp. ISBN
978-87-970130-6-9
Download: Full
Catalogue 148 pages, (pdf, 8.5 MB)
Online: www.localsolutions.inforse.org |
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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) |
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Catalogue:
65+ Local Sustainable Solutions
Online: www.localsolutions.inforse.org |
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March
27, 2023
LAUNCH Update: Kenya 100% Renewable Energy Scenario & Plan
by 2050.
Policy Brief on new updated report,
ISBN, 978-87-970130-8-3, 87 pp. February 2023
Download from INFORSE-East Africa web site:
- Kenya
100% Renewable Energy Policy Brief, March 2023 (8 pp. pdf, 1 MB)
- Kenya
100% Renewable Energy Scenario and Plan by 2025, 2.edition, 2023 (87 pp.pdf,
2.1
MB)
Download from Suswatch's web site
- Kenya
100% Renewable Energy Policy Brief, March 2023 (pdf)
- Kenya
100% Renewable Energy Scenario and Plan by 2050, 2.edition, 2023 (pdf) |
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March
9, 2023
Public Lecture on Local Sustainable Solutions and Kenya 100% Renewable Energy
at Maseno University
Venue: BSc. Climate Change Studies, Department of Geography and Natural Resources
Management (NRM), Kisumu, Kenya
Presentation:
- Updated online and print of Catalogue of Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
(March 2023) www.localsolutions.inforse.org
- Updated Kenya 100 % Renewable Energy Scenario and Plan (See above) |
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February
9, 2023
LAUNCH: Uganda
100% Renewable Energy Scenario & Plan by 2050.
ISBN 978-87-970130-7-6, 61 pp, January
2023
Download from INFORSE-East Africa web site:
* Policy
Brief: Towards 100 % Rewable Energy in Uganda (4
pages, 1.5 MB)
* Full
Report: Uganda 100% Renewable Energy Scenarion and Plan by 2050 (61
pages, 6.4 MB)
Venue: JEEP Office in Kampala, and Zoom Online
Program
with zoom link (1 page)
and Policy
Brief (1.5
MB, 4 pages)
Proceedings are available at INFORSE-Africa
Vision 2050 and at EASE-CA Project
M
ore; UCSD Resources and UCSD
Launch Event
More: on INFORSE's 100%
Renewable
Energy World Vision and 100 % Sustainable Energy Scenarios by regions and
countries. |
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Sustainable
Energy News issue No. 86 - November 2022
Themes:
- 30 YEARS INFORSE Anniversary
- INFORSE at UNFCCC COP27
- Catalogues: Local Solutions in East Africa,South Asia, Ukraine, Europe.
- Sufficiency,
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100% Renewable Scenarios in Kenya and Uganda
Download from INFORSE's website:
Sustainable Energy News
Direct download pdf 3 MB |
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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
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November
12, 2022
Launch: Uganda Plan for 100 % Renewable Energy Scenario
First Version - November 2022
The first version of the report has been presented at
UNFCCC COP27.
The Second
Version is published and launched at 9 February 2023 in Kampala
and Online. (see news
above)
Read also: The Kenya 100 % Renewable Energy Scenario
by 2050
The second edition of the report was published in February 2023.
Download the Publication:
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Kenya
100 % Renewable Energy Scenario and Plan by 2050
- suswatchkenya.org/100-renewable-energy-plan-for-kenya-by-2050/
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October
24, 2022
LAUNCH:
INFORSE-Uganda
Members’ Joint Statement to the Global
Green Growth Week 2022, the Uganda Renewable
Energy Conference 2022 and Expo; and the 27th United
Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) |
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June
11, 2022
INFORSE - SusWatch - NFRE - SE Side Event at UNFCCC SB56 in Bonn, Germany
From INFORSE-East
Africa speakers included SusWatch Kenya, UCSD in Uganda,
TaTEDO in Tanzania
See the Proceedings and Program
at INFORSE at UNFCCC SB56 |
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June
3, 2022
INFORSE-East Africa Visit at the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy
in Denmark - Knowledge Sharing Conference |
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March
2022
INFORSE Uganda members meeting at JEEP, in Kampala. |
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March
2022
Meeting of INFORSE members and CSOs in Nairobi.
Venue: Kenya Climate Change Directorate. |
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March
2022
INFORSE- Suswatch visiting Renewable Energy Department of the Ministry
of Energy, Kenya. |
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March
2022
EASE-CA Project Partners' Meeting, at TaTEDO, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Field visit at see examples of local solutions implemented by TaTEDO.
INFORSE & CSO Meeting, and INFORSE-East Africa regional meeting. |
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December
2021
Catalogue: 60+ Local Sustainable Solutions
Online: www.localsolutions.inforse.org
Printed in 400 copies: 140 pp.
Download pdf of the printed version: localsolutions.inforse.org/PDF/Catalogue_LocalSolutions.inforse.org-Dec-2021.pdf
Download online updates from: localsolutions.inforse.org/pages/Download_catalogue.html |
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February
28, 2022
INFORSE's Submission to the UNFCCC First Global Stocktake
Download: INFORSE's
site (pdf) and UNFCCC's
Submission Portal (pdf) |
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25
November, 2021
INFORSE East Africa
Webinar: Climate
COP26 Outcome & the Way to COP27 in Egypt, Africa
- Welcome by Richard Kimbowa, chair of INFORSE-EA, UCSD, Uganda
- Presentation of the Climate COP26 Outcome, Decisions
• by Gunnar B. Olesen, INFORSE Secr. (ppt,
pdf, 2.2 MB)
• by Nobert Nyandire, SusWatch Kenya (ppt,
pdf 1.3 MB)
- What Difference it Made that Civil Society, INFORSE participated?
• by Mary Swai, TaTEDO, Tanzania / INFORSE-East
Africa. (ppt,
pdf 2.9 MB)
- The Way Forward to COP27, Focus on Africa
• by Sixbert Mwanga, CAN-Tanzania /CAN-Africa
Q & A, Discussion |
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November, 2021
INFORSE-East Africa with INFORSE
on UNFCCC COP26 Outcome (pdf)
Read
more: www.inforse.org/cop26.php3
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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 |
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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
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November
2021
Sustainable Energy News issue No. 85
News from East Africa: EASECA project:CSOs & INFORSE-East Africa positions,
Online catalogue of Local Solutions in East Africa; 100 % Renewables in
Kenya. Other news: UNFCCC COP26, Eco-Village Development
in South Asia (EVD), Sufficiency, 100% Renewables, Seminar in Europe.
Download from: INFORSE and
Direct download pdf 2.3
MB. |
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October, 2021
INFORSE East Africa Position to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP26), in Glasgow,
UK in November 2021.
Download it from INFORSE-Africa
Positions or as direct pdf file: www.inforse.org/africa/pdfs/Position_INFORSE_East_Africa_COP26_19102021.pdf
Read more on INFORSE-East Africa at COP 26 link: inforse.org/cop26.php3 |
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• 1
September, 2021 Online - 11.00-12.30 East Africa Time (EAT)
Climate Action in East Africa on the way to the Climate COP26 in Glasgow
Review
of the National Contributions to Combat Climate Change, and to what
extent are Local Level Climate and Sustainable Energy Solutions considered?
Read Program
and Background (1 page pdf)
Proceedings at www.inforse.org/africa/EASE.htm
Contact: INFORSE-East Africa: Mary Swai (TaTEDO, Tanzania), Richard Kimbowa
(UCSD, Uganda).
Facebook event: facebook.com/events/824864401553247
Zoom Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvfuqvrTgvGtZUs14h2PrtulVEWFHWu6hB
Read
more: Catalogue of localsolutions.inforse.org and EASECA
Project |
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• 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
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• 21
May, 2021 Online - 9.50-11.00 AM, (EAT), Nairobi.
Join: “How Kenya can Become 100% Renewable”
Virtual Validation Meeting for the CSOs' Joint Proposal
Read: Program
(2 pages pdf) and Policy
Brief (5 pages pdf)
Contact: Justus Munyoki, SusWatch, Kenya.
Download from www.suswatchkenya.org/publications: Publication "100%
Energy Plan for Kenya by 2050" by SusWatch Kenya, 2020: Full
Report and Summary.
Read more: EASECA Project |
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• 4
May, 2021 Online - E-Mobility in East Africa
Organised
by INFORSE-East Africa, TaTEDO, Suswatch Kenya, UCSD, Jeep, Nordic
Folkecenter
Download: Program & Registration
link (1 page 0.5 MB pdf)
Contact: Mary Swai at INFORSE-EA, TaTEDO, E: mary.swai@tatedo.or.tz
FB link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1163024374117561 |
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• 25
February, 2021 - in
Kenya
Launch of Catalogue: Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
Read more: https://www.facebook.com/events/295142565360022
• 12
February, 2021 - in
Tanzania
Launch of Catalogue: Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
Read more: tatedo.or.tz/
news
Catalogue: Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
VISIT LINK: localsolutions.inforse.org
The Catalogue includes local climate and sustainable solutions including
improved cookstoves and ovens, mini-grids, pressure cooker, solar lamps,
solar dryers, gardening and much more. |
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• December
2020
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 84
News from East Africa:
Online Catalogue of Local Sustainable Solutions
http://localsolutions.inforse.org/
News from South Asia: New Project on Eco-Village Development.
Europe News: Energy Sufficiency; Decarbonising 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 12 pages: pdf
1.5 MB |
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• December
22, 2020
at JEEP in Uganda
Launch Catalogue: Local Sustainable Solutions in East Africa
VISIT LINK: localsolutions.inforse.org
The Catalogue includes local climate and sustainable solutions including
improved cookstoves and ovens, mini-grids, pressure cooker, solar lamps,
solar dryers, gardening and much more. |
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• December
11, 2020; 11 AM-12 AM (EAT)
Launch Catalogue Online Event: Local Sustainable Solutions
in East Africa
LINK: localsolutions.inforse.org
The Catalogue includes local climate and sustainable solutions including
improved cookstoves and ovens, mini-grids, pressure cooker, solar lamps,
solar dryers, gardening and much more.
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
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• November
27, 2020 11-12.30 (EAT)
Electric Pressure Cooker in Africa? Experiences from Kenya, Tanzania and
East Africa.
- Dr Jon Leary, MECS, Loughborough University - Overview of the
Modern Energy Cooking Services, MECS Programme in East Africa.- Estomih
N. Sawe Tatedo/INFORSE-EA,
Tanzania - Tanzanian Experience. - Agness Mwikali Kalyonge,Kisambara Ventures
Ltd - Kenyan Experience.
The event is organised by INFORSE-East Africa, Tatedo, UCSD, SusWatch Kenya,
Joint Energy and Environment Projects (JEEP).
More information:
Tatedo's web site: tatedo.or.tz/news/50-inforse-east-africa-zoom-webinar
EASE-CA Project on INFORSE.org/africa website: inforse.org/africa/EASE.htm
Facebook event link: www.facebook.com/events/297690321413376 |
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• 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
More: INFORSE Side Event |
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• September
3, 2020 - Online Meeting
Time: 9 AM (Nairobi, Kenya time)
Launch of Report: 100 % Renewable Energy Scenario in Kenya by 2050
Download the 100
% Renewable Energy Scenario in Kenya by 2050 (pdf, 2 MB).
Download presentations and report from: SusWatch Kenya web site:
suswatchkenya.org/100-renewable-energy-plan-for-kenya-by-2050/
- More on EASE-CA Project. |
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• 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
More on EASE-CA Project. |
NEWS:
TANZANIA POLICY BRIEF
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• March
2020
Policy Brief, Tanzania by TaTEDO.
CSOs Call for Accelerating Implementation of Sustainable Energy for All
(SE4ALL) in Tanzania in Order to Close the Energy Gap
Download: Policy
Brief (pdf) |
NEWS:
KENYA POLICY BRIEF
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• February
2020
Policy Brief,
Kenya by Suswatch
SDG7 Implenetation: the Kenya Scenario
Download: Policy
Brief (pdf) |
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• December
2-13, 2019
UNFCCC COP25, Madrid, Spain (moved from Chile)
INFORSE-Africa participates with side event (Dec. 13) and
exhibition (Dec. 9-10).
Read on INFORSE participation at COP25 and
at the EASE-CA Project. |
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• 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.
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• October
7, 2019 - PUBLICATION
LAUNCH
EASE-CA Project Publications of Baselines on
Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions:
East Africa Regional & International Baseline
Kenya Baseline by SusWatch
Uganda Baseline by UCSD
Tanzania Baseline by TaTEDO
District Baseline in Uganda by JEEP
Download publications from the EASE-CA Project's web
page |
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• October
7, 2019
Uganda NGO Coalition Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Energy
Contact: UCSD , Uganda |
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• September
25, 2019
Kenya NGO Coalition Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Energy
Contact: SusWatch Kenya |
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• September
27, 2019
Tanzania NGO Coalition Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Energy
Contact: TaTEDO, Tanzania |
UGANDA
PRESS STATEMENT |
• September
25, 2019 - Uganda National Energy and Minerals Week
Press Release: Uganda should Scale up Energy Efficiency to Secure Sustainable
Energy for ALL and to Increase Local Climate Action
by UCSD, JEEP, INFORSE-East Africa
Download: Press Release (2
pages pdf, 0.5 MB) |
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• 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 |
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• 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 |
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• 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
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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
-
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)
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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 |
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• 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). |
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• May
21-24, 2018
Nairobi, Kenya
PIPA Project Meeting, INFORSE East Africa
& INFORSE Coordinator's Meeting |
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• April
30 to May 10, 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
Presentations by UCSD (Uganda), SusWatch (Kenya) and TaTEDO (Tanzania).
Launch of Policy Brief and Publication: White Paper: Eco-Village Development
Mitigation and Adaptation.
May 6, 2018
Talanoa Dialogue Story from Uganda, East Africa by Richard Kimbowa
Read more at INFORSE
at SB48. and
at PIPA Project.
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• April
2018
Sustainable Energy News: Issue No. 82
Inside:
Editorial: Climate Change & Poverty: Problems to Be Solved
•3-page article on Promoting Implementation of the Paris Agreement (PIPA)
in East Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania.
Download the whole
issue: (pdf,
1.7 MB)
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• November,
2017
The LVEMP II Civil Society Watch E-bulletin: Article: Southern CSOs at
COP23 in Bonn Call for Stronger NDCs, LEDs and ‘ParisRulebook for Poverty
Reduction and Local Village Development.
Link: Issue:
November 2017
Read more:
- PIPA Project
- INFORSE at COP23
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• November
6-17, 2017, Bonn, Germany
UNFCCC COP23
• November
9: Side Event with INFORSE-East Africa participation
Read more:
- PIPA Project
- INFORSE
at COP23
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• November
2017
New Issue of Sustainable Energy News
No. 81: incl. 3-page article on PIPA Project in East Africa (pdf,
1.7 MB)
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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.
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).
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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.
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June-December
2017
Regional
and National Baseline Studies:
Accelerating Implementation of
Regional Policies on Clean Energy in West Africa
Read more: ACE
Project
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May
12, 2017
Launch of Policy Brief at UNFCCC SBI46, Bonn, Germany
May 8, 2017
Launch of 4 Publications - PIPA Baseline Studies:
National: Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
Regional: East Africa
Download the Policy Brief and Publications from: PIPA
Project
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April-May
2017
First Capacity Building Workshops in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda
Read more: PIPA Project
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31
January- 3 February, 2017
Joint PIPA Inception Meeting
Place: Nairobi, Kenya
Read more: PIPA
Project
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2017-2018
New
Project in East Africa:
Promoting the Implementation of the Paris Agreement in East Africa (PIPA)
In the Project, INFORSE is cooperating with TaTEDO in Tanzania,
Suswatch Kenya, and Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development
(UCSD) and SustainableEnergy in Denmark (project leader).
Read more: PIPA Project |
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2016-2018
New
Project in West Africa:
Accelerating Implementation of Regional Policies on Clean Energy (ACE)
In the Project, INFORSE is cooperating with ENDA (INFORSE
coordinator) in Senegal, CEAS in Burkina Faso, MFC in Mali, JVE in
Benin, OPED in Togo, AFHON in Cote d’Ivoire, CODDAE in Niger, and
SustainableEnergy in Denmark (project leader).
Read more: ACE Project |
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7-17
November, 2016
INFORSE at UNFCCC COP22, Morocco in the Blue Zone:
SIDE EVENT: November 11, 2016
Time: 16:45-18:15 Room: 6
EXHIBITION:
November 7-18, 2016 (2
weeks)
Read more: INFORSE
at COP22 |
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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
See Program at INFORSE
at UNFCCC SB 44. |
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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 evaluation of the Agreement: here. |
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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
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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.
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November
2-3 and 5, 2015
Low-Carbon and Pro-Poor Strategies were discussed in Dakar, Senegal at
ENDA-Energie and at ECOWAS Conference. From INFORSE Gunnar Boye Olesen
also participated.
Read more on the Low-Carbon Development
Project. |
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2014
- 2016:
Launch Project: Low Carbon Strategies - NGO Networks' Cooperation Project in
East & West Africa, South Asia and Latin America: Promoting
Pro-Poor Low-Carbon Development Strategies |
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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 Africa and in Asia. Compiled by the INFORSE members.
First launched at UNFCCC
COP19 in Poland, 2013, and in 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 on the INFORSE-Africa involvement of the Southern
Voices Project |
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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.
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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 Africa and Asia. Compiled by the INFORSE members.
The Draft was Launched at UNFCCC
COP19 in Poland, 2013.
Read: Leaflet
with Front page and Contents. (pdf, 2-page)
Download Publication. The
full text is available as pdf. |
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April
28 - May 1, 2014 - Togo
Regional NGO Meeting and INFORSE-West Africa Regional Meeting in Togo.
Contact: INFORSE-West Africa c/o ENDA-Energy. |
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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
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19
November 2013 - Warsaw Poland
Side Event: Southern Advocacy and Campaign Experiences: Including the "Southern
Voices on Climate Change" Program, where INFORSE Africa 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.
Read more on SouthernVoices.net: SV
Pre-COP19 Workshop |
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18
November 2013
Launch of Publication (draft): "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 is Online from
June 2014. |
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2013
Reader: Gender Climate and Energy 2001-2012
Compilation of Articles on Gender in Sustainable Energy News
Read more and download the Publication: SEN
Gender. |
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2012-13
Publication Energy Access Cases in Africa and Asia
Compiled by the INFORSE members
(Online) |
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2013:
News from INFORSE - West Africa:
- 4-18 June 2013: " Environmental Pact" by the Civil Society
in Mali Launched in a Forum organised by the Ministry. It was drafted Mali-Folkecenter
in collaboration with the Malian Civil Society Network on Climate Change
since 2012.
- 17-21 April 2013: "Declaration of Conakry" from the Réseau
Climat Développement Annual Meeting in Conakry, Guinea. 20 participants
from 17 countries, including INFORSE members like ENDA and Mali Folkecenter.
- 6 February 2013: Workshop on Sustainable Biofuels in Mali organised by
Mali Folkecenter.
- 20-21 February, 2013: Capacity building and Inception meeting of the
project on Vulnerability Assessment and Integration of Climate Change into
Local Development Plans of two districts in Dakar and Fatick in Senegal. |
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2013:
News from INFORSE - East Africa:
- October 2013: INFORSE Regional Meeting in East Africa on NGO capacity
building. |
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2012
- 2014
The "Southern
Voices" on Climate Change Capacity Building
Programme continues with Phase 2.
The capacity building of INFORSE-West Africa and East Africa is coordinated
by VedvarendeEnergi - a Danish Member of the Program's Consortium and the
INFORSE-West Africa Coordinator (ENDA) and INFORSE East Africa Coordinator
(CDI). |
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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
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21-23
November 2012, Doha Qatar
Pre-COP18 International Training Workshop:
Climate Change Advocacy
Organised by the Southern Voices on Climate Change Project
Read more on SouthernVoices.net: SV
Pre-COP18 Workshop |
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June
2012 - Rio+20, Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD).
Read: INFORSE
at Rio+20 (UNCSD) |
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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 on INFORSE at the Southern Voices
Project. |
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2011
- 2012:
News from INFORSE - East Africa
- January 2012: INFORSE-East African NGO Meeting on Financing Renewable
Energy, Kampala, Uganda.
- October 2011: East African NGOs Meeting on Energy
- 25 August 2011: INFORSE
National NGO Meeting, Kampala, Uganda |
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2011
- 2012:
News from INFORSE - West Africa
January
19, 2012: INFORSE-West Africa Meeting in Niamey |
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28
November - 9 December, 2011, Durban, South Africa
INFORSE participated as NGO
observer at the UNFCCC COP17.
INFORSE participation included: Exhibition and a Side Event on Friday,
December 2, 2011.
Several INFORSE Africa members participated (e.g. CDI, Uganda; ENDA, Senegal;
Mali Folkecenter).
See more at INFORSE
at COP17 |
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Jan
2011 - June 2012
INFORSE
Participates in the "Southern
Voices" on Climate Change capacity building programme
with focus on African and South Asian INFORSE regions and
NGOs. |
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13-17
June, 2011
INFORSE
participates as observer to the UNFCCC Climate Negotiations
in Bonn, represented by Timothy Byakola, INFORSE East Africa. |
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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
From INFORSE Africa participated: ENDA (Senegal) and Mali Folkecenter.
ENDA also participated with its own exhibition stall.
Read more
at INFORSE-Europe's website. |
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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.
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December
7-18, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
INFORSE participated as NGO
observer at the UNFCCC COP15.
INFORSE also had an exhibition stall and a side event both at the Bella
center and at the Klimaforum at the DGI-Byen Center.
From the INFORSE Africa Coordinators participated: ENDA (Senegal), Earthlife
Africa (South Africa), CDI (Uganda). ENDA also participated with its own
exhibition stall.
Read more on the INFORSE-Africa's participation at COP15:
- INFORSE
at COP15 (overview)
- 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.
2009
April:
INFORSE-members Cooperation Project in Uganda.
JEEP, Nordic Folkecenter, Mali Folkecenter (link)
2009
January:
Publication of INFORSE-East Africa Cooperation
Sustainable Energy Solutions in East Africa
CDI, TaTEDO, FoE Norway (link) |
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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.
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2007-2006
INFORSE-Africa
participated at the UN CSD 15, 2007 and CSD 14 2006. See more at UN
CSD. in |
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2004-05
INFORSE-Africa participated in
the the International Renewable Energy Conference in Bonn,
June 2004. |
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can find news about INFORSE
- Africa in Sustainable
Energy News as
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for sustainable energy.
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Link to the articles
on Gender. Inputs are welcome to Judit Szoleczky Email: ove@inforse.org
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