Renewables

Communicating SDGs 6, 13 and 14 on Wikipedia

Project / The project aims to help scientists to effectively translate knowledge related to SDGs 6, 13 and 14 into action.

ASEAN uses SEI flagship tool to produce 6th Energy Outlook

Feature / For the first time, the ASEAN Centre for Energy developed the report entirely in-house, with assistance from SEI’s Low Emissions Analysis Platform.

Putting gender equality, social equity and poverty into the environmental agenda

Feature / In this video, we describe the links between environmental problems and issues of gender, poverty and social inequality.

Causal pathways in the political economy of adaptation projects: Experience from mapping the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya

SEI working paper / This paper seeks to analyse the political economy of adaptation projects, using the solar electricity system in Turkana, Kenya as an example.

Making room for gender and social equity in low-carbon systems

Feature / The drive for green energy systems is growing, but are low-carbon alternatives any guarantee of more equitable and inclusive outcomes?

Do we need better behaved cooks? Reviewing behavioural change strategies for improving the sustainability and effectiveness of cookstove programs

Journal article / This article reviews academic literature to identify the most successful ways to bring about behaviour change and encourage the use of cookstoves.

Intersectionality and energy transitions: a review of gender, social equity and low-carbon energy

Journal article / This article explores how diffusion of low-carbon technologies impacts gender and social equity in intersectional ways and where “greening” projects fall short.

Ethanol as a clean cooking alternative in Sub-Saharan Africa: insights from sugarcane production and ethanol adoption sites in Malawi and Mozambique

Other publication / This chapter focuses on bioethanol as a cooking fuel and the impacts of its use as an alternative to traditional biomass fuels in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Enabling sustainable bioenergy transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa: strategic issues for achieving climate-compatible developments

Other publication / This chapter discusses four critical aspects that can facilitate sustainable bioenergy transitions and climate-compatible development in Sub-Saharan Africa.