The overarching aim of this research is to produce policy-relevant knowledge about the opportunities for conflict-sensitive development and sustaining peace through different renewable energy projects.
The project is funded by FORMAS [Project number 2017–01941]
Learn more on the project website.
Feature / Development interventions meant to make life better and more sustainable can sometimes go wrong – especially in regions where conflict is the backdrop.
SEI brief / Read about a novel effort to map-making in rural Ethiopia using digital tools, and working with groups of people previously excluded from map-making.
SEI report / This report uses a case study from Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp to examine the need for renewable energy projects to address the issue of conflict sensitivity.
Tool / “Locating the Unintended Consequences of Interventions”, or LUCI, aids analysis of how development projects are able to create winners and losers.
Solar lamps being charged in the Chiteskesa refugee camp, near Mulanje, Malawi. Photo: Ashley Cooper / Getty Images.
Feature / Development interventions meant to make life better and more sustainable can sometimes go wrong – especially in regions where conflict is the backdrop.
Event on 22 June – 26 June in Pretoria / SEI and CCAC are hosting an in-person hands-on training workshop 22–26 June in Pretoria on SEI's LEAP software for climate and clean air planning in Africa.
Perspective / This perspective argues for a systemic approach by integrating mitigation and adaptation by default into every policy, budget and planning decision.
