Powering progress: market creation strategies for solar e-cooking technologies in off-grid and displaced communities (Webinar)

The main aim of this webinar was to communicate and discuss the key messages, facts, figures and arguments from the collaborative technical report published by the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings and the World Food Programme, in support of the multistakeholder ‘SOLCO’ initiative launched at COP28 and the Global Refugee Forum. The webinar offered an opportunity for open discussion on market creation strategies and implementation pathways for solar e-cooking in displacement settings, bringing together a range of experts and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, INGOs and the UN. The one-hour session also offered an open Q&A around the SOLCO initiative for stakeholders within the climate, food security and humanitarian sectors, where solar e-cooking offers a viable technical solution to the multiple challenges facing off-grid and displaced communities in the global south. Watch a recording of the webinar here:

Speakers

Ruth Zugman do Coutto Chief, Mitigation Branch, Climate Change Division, UNEP LinkedIn: Visit profile     James Haselip (host) Senior Advisor, Climate and Energy, at the UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre Email: james.haselip@un.org LinkedIn: Visit profile     Iwona Bisaga (moderator) Global Clean Cooking Lead at the Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA) and NORCAP Email: iwona.bisaga@unitar.org LinkedIn: Visit profile       Justine Akumu Energy Officer, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda Email: akumujustyn@gmail.com LinkedIn: Visit profile     Kuol Arou Policy and Advocacy Officer, Last Mile Climate, Uganda Email: kuol@lastmileclimate.org LinkedIn: Visit profile     Geoffrey Ndegwa Energy for Food Security Advisor at World Food Programme Email: geoffrey.ndegwa@wfp.org LinkedIn: Visit profile     Philip Hardwick CEO, HCBL Climate Finance Advisory Email: philiphardwick@hcbl.london LinkedIn: Visit profile