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On Wednesday 21 August 2024 the Society for International Development (SID), in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, through the Sustainable Energy Futures Project (SEF) hold a virtual Public Energy Futures Forum under the theme: Unpacking Clean Cooking Developments in Kenya - Challenges and opportunities.
In its commitment to addressing the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, SID has co-signed a Statement on Biodiversity Offsets and Credits, together with over 200 signatories, to call on governments and other actors to stop the promotion, development and use of biodiversity crediting, offsetting, and related trading schemes.
We are seeking to commission insightful, well-researched think pieces that delve into the multifaceted challenges and opportunities within Tanzania’s energy system to contribute to the curation of the Sustainable Energy Futures for Tanzania Report.
On May 25, 2024, in Geneva, the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) convened a civil society workshop ahead of the 77th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA77). The workshop aimed to provide a space for common reflection and exchange on the escalating violence and humanitarian crises mounting globally, with a particular focus on conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan and Ukraine.
On 21 June, SID co-organized, together with other civil society partners, a side event to the 56th session of the Human Rights Council. Panelists discussed a new report analyzing civil society engagement in UN fora, and proposed ways forward to promote the protagonism of people and grassroots organizations.
The Youth Dialogue on Sustainable Energy Futures for Namibia, hosted by Society for International Development in collaboration with Namibia Youth Energy Forum, was held on 5 July. This event provided a platform for young Namibians to reflect on the current energy landscape and strategize their involvement in shaping Namibia's energy future.
This context paper describes Tanzania’s energy mix today, and the energy choices facing its society.
On Monday 22 July 2024, SID, in partnership with Heinrich Boll Foundation, hosted the Sustainable Energy Futures Project public virtual workshop under the theme ‘Energy Policy & Dilemmas of a Just Transition'.