By Isabel Risby, Communications Officer, GeCCo Summary For the estimated 1.3 billion people living with disability worldwide, cooking is rarely a simple task — and for those in low-income contexts, it can be dangerous, exhausting, and isolating. This blog explores how the transition to electric cooking , supported by global research, is offering a safer, more […]
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By Isabel Risby, Communications Officer, GeCCo The first UNEP, AFREC, CCAC Policy Dialogue on Clean Cooking, co-organised with the UNEP CCC, convened government ministries, policymakers, global experts, and private sector representatives from across the energy space to discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities in advancing clean cooking. The session was moderated by Eng. Nickson Bukachi, Senior […]
By Malcolm Bricknell (MECS) and Isabel Risby (GeCCo) Introduction Around the world, environmental degradation is accelerating [i]. Existing financial mechanisms and conservation models have been unable to prevent the alarming losses of habitat and biodiversity. Yet within this bleak landscape, some interesting developments are emerging where the support of enlightened donors for Nature Based Solutions (NbS) […]
AQMx, the Air Quality Management Exchange Platform powered by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and the UNEP, recently launched its new sectoral guidance on Expanding Access to Electric Cooking (linked here: https://aqmx.org/content/aqmx-sectoral-guidance-expanding-access-e-cooking ). AQMx serves as a one‑stop‑shop for practical guidance and technical information on air quality management, helping governments and practitioners access the guidance and tools they need to reduce air pollution and accelerate […]
By Isabel Risby, GeCCo Communications Officer Disclaimer: The following characterisations do not refer to the lives of specific individuals. Rather, they are an imagined collation of lived experiences and situations that we know to exist, and are daily reality for many thousands of people worldwide. Sabina, situated in a refugee camp: Sabina is awaiting her LPG refill, which is scheduled […]
Background: Gorillas are some of the rarest species on earth and are some of our closest ancestors sharing 98% of our DNA (1). However, even with this closeness humans have been detrimental to their populations, inflicting violence, hunting, habitat destruction and disease – the WWF stated threats were so severe that it was once thought […]
By Isabel Risby, GeCCo Communications Officer in collaboration with CLEANaction WWF Introduction Madagascar holds a unique ecosystem of biodiversity. It’s a treasure that is worth protecting, with approximately 95 percent of Madagascar’s reptiles, 89 percent of its plant life, and 92 percent of its mammals existing nowhere else on Earth. It secures a position as […]