This paper undertakes an analysis of the discursive construction of the entrepreneurial identity within media on climate technology (CT) innovation in Kenya. Using the STEPS Centre Pathways Approach along side a post-structuralist…
Gender and the construction of identity within climate technology innovation in Kenya
Financing Sustainable Energy for All: Pay-as-you-go vs. traditional solar finance approaches in Kenya
This paper focuses on finance for Solar Home Systems (SHSs) in Kenya and asks to what extent emerging new finance approaches are likely to address the shortcomings of past approaches. …
Low carbon energy and development in low-income countries
This briefing summarises insights from the Low Carbon Development project. Sustainable energy technologies could contribute significantly to human development and economic growth in low-income countries. Public policy has an important…
Reimagining Development 3.0 for a Changing Planet
by Jon Moris STEPS Centre / IDS Working Paper (IDS WP435) This working paper (pdf) argues we need to reimagine development tactics to fashion Development 3.0, to match what business…
Climate change and uncertainty from below and above
In India, as part of the Uncertainty from Below and Above project, the STEPS Centre is working with leading research institutes – the Institute of Health Management Research, Kolkata; Sarai…
Governing REDD+: global framings versus practical evidence from the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project, Kenya
This paper explores the governance and feasibility of globally-linked REDD+ projects in local African settings, focusing on the Kasigau project in Kenya, Africa’s first REDD+ project accredited under internationally accepted…
Pro-poor, low carbon development: Improving low carbon energy access and development benefits in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Available in English and Kiswahili, this short, non-technical briefing outlines the aims, rationale and approach of the Low Carbon Development project. The project is a partnership between the University of Sussex (including the…
Forest Carbon Projects in Africa: A Mapping Study
A background report for the Political Ecologies of Carbon in Africa research project. This report provides a mapping of the status and characteristics of forest carbon projects in Africa in late…
Carbon Offsets and Agricultural Livelihoods: Lessons Learned From a Carbon Credit Project in The Transition Zone Of Ghana
As REDD-type becomes an integral part of the international response to climate change, it is important to learn from existing forest carbon offset projects to ensure that REDD+ does not…
The Politics of Agricultural Carbon Finance: The Case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help…