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Let’s celebrate solutions to refugee energy crisis
Image: Lucy Wairimu manufactures climate-friendly cookstoves in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya Connecting displaced people with clean, affordable energy is an urgent humanitarian challenge. In refugee camps, the share of residents without electricity and safe cooking methods can be as high as 90 per cent. Powering up communities supports displaced people to stay safe and […]
Meet the pioneers training Africa’s clean energy workforce
Support for skills and training is an essential step to ensuring clean and affordable energy for all. Solar panels, mini-grids, modern cookstoves and other proven technologies can bring power to even the most remote communities – but this won’t happen without trained engineers, salespeople, and many others playing crucial supporting roles. The biggest skills gap […]
New briefing: Energising agriculture: Funding trailblazing solutions for marginalised farmers
A new Ashden briefing highlights lessons from groundbreaking clean energy innovation in rural communities in the Global South. Its insights and case studies will guide funders and investors to support inclusive, effective solutions that boost incomes and food security. Report overview Worldwide, 733 million people go without access to electricity – 80% of them […]
Guardians of the Land: new report helps funders back climate action by Indigenous Peoples
A new Ashden report will help climate funders empower Indigenous Peoples, securing a vital defence against climate change. Report overview Guardians of the Land shares key insights from five groundbreaking initiatives from the forests of Indonesia, Peru, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazil. These insights will support funders to identify and channel […]
Consultancy: Campaign Strategist (Africa focused)
Opportunity closes March 31. Could your campaign skills and connections spark national and global action on Africa’s biggest climate challenges? Ashden is seeking a strategist to design and implement campaigns that will deliver bold new climate policies supporting a fair low carbon future for all. You will work on boosting the impact of the Power […]
Integrated Energy Africa Webinar
Climate change charity Ashden invites you to an Integrated Energy Africa Webinar. Hear from Power for All and Integrate to Zero about their visions for the next 5 years, focusing on an expanding urban population and the opportunities offered by integrated energy systems. We will also invite applications to the Ashden ‘Integrated Energy Africa Award” […]
Ashden launches new 2023 African energy award at COP27
Ashden has launched a new category for the 2023 Ashden Awards, at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, to unearth transformative, smart energy solutions. The Smart Energy Africa Award will reward energy systems, such as those connecting solar power systems to the grid, developed by innovators across Africa who are driving programmes to accelerate faster, cleaner […]
Powering up Africa for a brighter future
Inspiring examples of energy access solutions and the need for dedicated funding to improve African lives and livelihoods were discussed at a COP27 event, organised by Ashden as part of the Power Up coalition. The group of over 50 coalition members are campaigning on the international stage for greater climate adaptation funding from the Global North to finance […]