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• 25×25 Electricity Access Acceleration Collaborative among top 100 proposals for MacArthur $100 million grant

  Posted on February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 by merit hindriks

  High-scoring 100&Change applications featured in Bold Solutions Network San Francisco, CA February 19 2020 — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled that “25×25: End Energy Poverty Faster,” submitted by the 25×25 Electricity Access Acceleration Collaborative, was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in its 100&Change competition for […]

• Hivos and Climate Tracker launch energy journalism competition Africa

  Posted on January 24, 2020February 12, 2020 by laerke groennebaek

  Join us at the Sustainable Energy For All Forum in Rwanda and win an investigative reporting scholarship! The opportunity Together with Climate Tracker, Hivos will be training and sending six African journalists to cover the Sustainable Energy for All Forum in Rwanda, this May (26th-28th). We are looking for young journalists from Africa who want […]

• A year of progress for decentralized renewable energy and clean cooking

  Posted on January 7, 2020 by laerke groennebaek

  Now 2020 has arrived, it is time to look back and proudly share some of the key results from our Green and Inclusive Energy Program in 2019. In the past year, Hivos continued the battle to overcome two major challenges related to achieving universal energy access; putting clean cooking firmly on the agenda and increasing […]

• New discussion & briefing paper: Financing Decentralized Renewable Energy for the Last Mile

  Posted on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  One of the key barriers to delivering energy solutions for the rural and urban poor is the limited access to finance at local and national levels and insufficient targeted finance flows at the international level. Despite commitments from international development organizations, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and investors, specific options and mechanisms to channel the finance […]

• High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy & Clean Cooking

  Posted on November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  On 18-19 November 2019, the Energy Nexus Network, Global Renewables Congress, Tony Blair Institute, the World Future Council and Hivos, in partnership with the Ministry of Energy of Sierra Leone will organize the High-Level Conference on Renewable Energy & Clean Cooking. The conference will take place in Freetown International Conference Center, Sierra Leone.  Expanding access to […]

• Hivos partners in first global cooking campaign: Clean Cooking Is..

  Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  November 5, 2019, Hivos is partnering in the first global cooking campaign; ‘Clean Cooking Is..’ The Campaign is launched by the Clean Cooking Alliance during the opening session of the Clean Cooking Forum 2019 in Nairobi. The campaign is created exclusively to drive greater awareness, engagement and support for clean cooking. The issue Still three […]

• Journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean finalize first phase of Renewable Energy Course

  Posted on October 8, 2019October 14, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  From August – September 2019, more than 150 journalists from different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the ‘Renewable Energy Course for Journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean’ implemented by Hivos and the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE). The course included subjects intended to increase the knowledge of the use of […]

• Climate Action Summit 2019 – Key takeaways from the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health

  Posted on September 26, 2019September 27, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  On 22 September 2019, during the Energy Transition Track: Clean Cooking, Energy and Health session, prior to the United Nations Climate Action Summit, government and private sector representatives, local authorities and members from international organizations met to discuss concrete actions towards a just energy transition in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to spur […]

• Putting clean cooking on the agenda

  Posted on September 21, 2019December 18, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  A Q&A with Rita Poppe From September 23 to 29, the city of New York will host the annual climate week. Besides panel discussion, concerts and exhibitions, the Climate Action Summit of the UN Secretary-General will be organized. In the same week, the SDG Summit will also take place, bringing together the climate and development […]

• Women’s Involvement in Energy Availability and Utilization: Indonesian Independence, Energy Independence

  Posted on August 27, 2019October 24, 2019 by laerke groennebaek

  One week has passed since the celebration of the 74th years Indonesian Independence Day, but the calling for independence in various ways continues. The country’s commitment to be independent and to actualize the renewable energy targets continues. Inequality of access to electricity still occurs. Society is still dependent on fossil fuels. Gender equality and the […]