Renewables

A solar engineer conducts maintenance on a solar panel in the solar-powered village of Tinginapu, India.

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?

18 November 2020 / About Adaptation, Mitigation, Participation and Renewables

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.

12 November 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Household energy, Pollution and Renewables

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.

16 October 2020 / About Adaptation, Mitigation, Participation and Renewables

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.

16 October 2020 / About Household energy, Land use and Renewables

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.

9 October 2020 / About Adaptation, Bioeconomy, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Local government wind and solar energy project handbook

Project / The handbook is intended for wind and solar project developers and local governments to understand and facilitate the process.

2020 - 2021 / About Renewables

Effects of environmental change and policy responses on natural resource access in Vietnam: consequences and opportunities for northern ethnic communities

SEI report / How do hydropower projects or forest conservation programmes affect ethnic communities in Asia? New research from Vietnam examines the issue.

7 September 2020 / About Food and agriculture, Forests, Participation, Renewables and Water resources

Envisaging alternative bioeconomy pathways: a case study from Rwanda

SEI report / Read a summary of a workshop held in Kigali, Rwanda, on the country's Biomass Energy Strategy.

27 August 2020 / About Bioeconomy and Renewables

Oil drilling rig and pumpjack on flat plain in Canadian oil fields at sunset

G20 governments have committed $151 billion to fossil fuels in Covid-19 recovery packages

Press release / The new Energy Policy Tracker offers a near-real-time snapshot of COVID-19 recovery packages from a climate and energy perspective.

15 July 2020 / About Climate policy, Fossil fuels and Renewables