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The 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP27) was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6-20, 2022. Discussions focused on finding solutions to avoid exceeding the important 1.5 degree limit.

EnDev will be featured at the COP27 side event panel on The Power of Inclusion: Designing equitable energy systems across social divisions

As one of the main sponsors, EnDev showed transformation and innovation at the Clean Cooking Forum 2022 in Accra, Ghana. In multiple sessions and a booth at the Innovation Expo, EnDev facilitated exchange to pave the way towards clean cooking for all.  

The Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal (EnDev/GCF) project is supporting ICS producers in upscaling their production to on the one hand achieve a sustainable long-term market growth of the sector. One of the ICS producers supported by the project is Wakeur Serigne Babacar Sy.

EnDev is announced as one of the key sponsors for the Clean Cooking Forum 2022. The conference will convene private sector actors and global leaders for paving the way to further achieving clean cooking for everyone.

In line with SDG 5, EnDev is striving towards gender-transformative impacts. Thus, EnDev is raising its ambition level in terms of gender to reach its goal of promoting gender equality and women’s self-empowerment.

To change cooking behaviour by replacing solid fuels with smoke-free alternatives is the goal of the Smoke Free Village (SFV) initiative. The recent report shows positive results.

Cross-sectoral partnerships are becoming more important in international development cooperation. But how do such partnerships improve the quality and impact of projects, and therefore contribute essentially to achieving the SDGs?

In its recent Progress Report, EnDev displays its significant achievements in improving access to modern energy for households, enterprises, schools, health and community centres.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of millions of people in Bangladesh employed in the ready-made garments (RMG) and poultry sectors, a large percentage of whom are women. Thus, EnDev initiated four COVID-19 response projects.

As one of the leading programmes for providing energy access, EnDev was part of the SEforALL Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, from 17 to 19 of May 2022. EnDev’s involvement included sessions on clean cooking as well as the topic of transforming energy access markets.

Following the first successful call for proposals, the Smart Communities Coalition Innovation Fund (SCCIF) launched its second call for proposals focusing on the nexus of modern energy services with connectivity and digital tools (or both) for refugee-hosting areas in Uganda.