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Posts with the pro-poor tag

Pro-poor, low carbon energy conversations across the STEPS global consortium

June 16th, 2015 Adrian Ely

I was in Nairobi last week for the launch of the Africa hub of the STEPS Global Consortium. During the three day event, I learned a great deal about developments…

Knowledge is power: towards Low Carbon Energy in Africa

June 10th, 2015 Nathan Oxley

The G7 have promised to phase out fossil fuel emissions by the end of the century. Though a long-term target, it’s the first time a proper date has been set…

STEPS Africa research network to boost development in Africa planned

January 15th, 2015 Julia Day

By Gilbert Nakweya for SciDev.net [NAIROBI] A new research and capacity building hub focusing on sustainable development issues in Africa will be established by mid this year, a meeting has…

Building low carbon, high growth futures in Africa

August 4th, 2014 Julia Day

An article in New Scientist magazine pubished today sets out one of the most hotly-contestated questions about increasing energy access in the global south: can low carbon techology deliver meaningful opportunities for economic growth? Author…

Guest blogpost: Andrew Barnett on low carbon development trade offs

April 2nd, 2014 Steps Admin 7 Comments

Andrew Barnett, Director of The Policy Practice,  inspired by the discussion at The Royal Society on Monday 31 March 2014 to discuss the policy implications of research on low carbon development…

Sustainable energy for whom?

March 17th, 2014 Steps Admin 1 Comment

How can we move from “sustainable energy for some” towards “sustainable energy for all”, whilst promoting economic development in some of the world’s poorest nations? In a new blogpost for Politics@Warwick…

COP19: A push for pro-poor low carbon development

November 20th, 2013 Julia Day

Julia Day, STEPS Centre Communications Manager All too often discussions about low carbon technologies range around the interests of high and middle income countries, but fail to factor in the…

From Uncertainty in India to low carbon in Kenya: Our autumn newsletter is out now

October 23rd, 2013 Steps Admin

Our autumn 2013 newsletter gives a snapshot of a few of the areas we are researching right now.  A new briefing looks at how people deal with uncertainty about climate, disease or natural disasters in…

Building pathways of pro-poor energy access

October 17th, 2013 Julia Day

The misconception that developing countries can plump for either increasing access to energy, or low carbon development, but not both, is exploded in a paper presented by Dr Rob Byrne,…

TV interview: Social Innovations

June 21st, 2013 Julia Day

Kevin Urama, executive director of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) and Adrian Ely, STEPS Centre head of impact and engagement, talk about social innovations and prosperous societies to Kenyan…

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