Energy access

Q&A: Bridging gender and just energy transitions

Feature / Gain insight into the gendered impacts of energy transitions and how to address them in this Q&A with SEI Research Associate Laura Del Duca.

18 April 2023 / About Climate policy, Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Mitigation, Participation and Renewables

Dried beans for sale, Kimironko Market, Kigali Rwanda. Photo: Edwin Remsberg/ Getty Images

Navigating the food crises: insights from AgriFoSe2030 Projects – reports from East Africa and Southeast Asia

Other publication / Seven perspectives on how the current food crisis and the global interlinkages of the agricultural sector are unfolding in East Africa and Southeast Asia.

14 April 2023 / About Adaptation, Energy access, Food and agriculture and Land use

Gender and energy: overcoming energy poverty and advancing just energy transitions

Past event / SEI is co-hosting a side event at the 2023 Regional Forum for Sustainable Development to discuss the intersection of gender and energy.

28 March 2023 / About Energy access, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Renewables and Sustainable Development Goals

Two women cook around a wood-burning fire in South Africa.

SEI’s Rob Bailis talks to Global Dispatches podcast about new research on cleaner cooking for the climate

Media coverage / Perhaps counterintuitively, some fossil-based cooking fuels are better for climate and health than the biomass fuels used by 2.4 billion people, research shows.

13 March 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Forests, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Powering the Mekong: Does “clean energy” mean more dams?

Past event / This webinar will examine the Mekong region's energy trends and the role of hydropower in the context of the global energy crisis.

28 February 2023 / About Energy access and Water resources

Solar mini-grid, Kenya © CarlFourie / Getty

Locating the unintended consequences of interventions: a tool for analysing impact inequality in development programming

SEI report / A new tool, LUCI, has been developed as part of the Locacons Project to determine the broader impacts of development interventions.

27 February 2023 / About Adaptation, Disaster Risk and Energy access

Side view of man sitting next to wood-burning stove in hut

Scaling up gas and electric cooking in low- and middle-income countries: climate threat or mitigation strategy with co-benefits?

Journal article / A novel analysis shows the global climate and health benefits of switching biomass cookstoves in low- and middle-income countries to electricity and LPG.

14 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals, Sustainable lifestyles and Wellbeing

A tea kettle rests upon a stone bordering a wood-fired pit.

Novel research shows health, climate benefits of increasing access to electricity and gas for cooking in low- and middle-income countries

Press release / Expanding the use of LPG and/or grid electricity to replace biomass-fueled cooking in low- and middle-income countries benefits human health and climate.

15 February 2023 / About Behaviour and choice, Climate policy, Energy access, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Land use, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Short lived climate pollutants, Sustainable Development Goals and Wellbeing

SEI’s Carol Mungo speaks to “AP” on Kenya’s electric transport plan

Media coverage / Carol Mungo tells AP that electric mobility has a promising future in Africa but requires infrastructural, societal, and political systemic changes.

11 February 2023 / About Energy access and Renewables