SustainableEnergy actively influences all spheres of society to gradually adjust towards becoming fully sustainable where public involvement and initiatives are respected and democratic principles promoted.
Increasingly the climate change agenda influences the work of SustainableEnergy combining it with energy and resource management. A fundamental principle of SustainableEnergy’s work for a sustainable society in Denmark as well as abroad is that this cannot be achieved by only applying a set of appropriate technological innovations. The transformation towards societies based on renewable energy sources must be built around local democracy processes, deep rooted community ownership and a strong public participation.
Our points of departure when engaging with international development assistance are found within the environment and renewable energy sectors. Within these two sectors on-going climate changes and their impacts on already vulnerable communities and local authorities will form the back-drop of all programming and used as a leverage to work with local governance and democracy challenges.
SustainableEnergy is engaged in both rural and urban areas. Intervention in rural areas within for instance sustainable natural resource management cannot ignore increasing demands for fuel wood and charcoal from underprivileged populations in the cities. The continued fast growth of the urban population and following expanding environmental problems therefore indirectly impacts surrounding rural areas and livelihood opportunities there. In several of SustainableEnergy’s target areas placed in the proximity to urban centres rural farmland and its natural resources is under immense pressure.
The transformation towards societies based on renewable energy sources must be built around local democracy processes, deep rooted community ownership and a strong public participation.
Our points of departure when engaging with international development assistance are found within the environment and renewable energy sectors. Within these two sectors on-going climate changes and their impacts on already vulnerable communities and local authorities will form the back-drop of all programming and used as a leverage to work with local governance and democracy challenges.
SustainableEnergy is engaged in both rural and urban areas. Intervention in rural areas within for instance sustainable natural resource management cannot ignore increasing demands for fuel wood and charcoal from underprivileged populations in the cities. The continued fast growth of the urban population and following expanding environmental problems therefore indirectly impacts surrounding rural areas and livelihood opportunities there. In several of SustainableEnergy’s target areas placed in the proximity to urban centres rural farmland and its natural resources is under immense pressure.
Programmes
Our programme engagement spans from a hands-on approach with rural natural resource management committees in Mozambique to influencing national policy implementation around the Climate Change agenda in East Africa.
Partners
We collaborate with more than 30 partners in 5 countries. Our partners are chosen to represent a wide variety of skills and networks.
Approach
We believe in facilitating local and national civil society collaborations. Programmes are carried out through civil society organisations reaching out to both the private sector actors and government institutions.
On-going programmes and projects
Healthy foods for poor and vulnerable children under 5 years of age in Siaya, Kenya
Start date: June 1, 2025
End date: June 30, 2026
Funded by: Erik Thunes Legat
Budget: 363.973 DKK
Healthy foods for poor and vulnerable children under 5 years of age in Siaya, Kenya
Malnourished children are at high risk of illness and poor health. In Siaya County, where poverty and food insecurity are rampant, one in five children suffer from stunted growth due to poor nutrition. The project is training 80 female smallholder farmers in agroecological farming practices and children’s nutritional needs to improve their families’ food intake.
The children will receive nutritional supplements and be monitored to improve their condition and ensure their development. In addition, local authorities will be involved in the issue, and the women will be central actors in local campaigns for better, climate-resilient food production.
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Community Climate Resilience and Adaptation through Local Solutions (CUCOIA)
Start date: June 1, 2024
End date: May 31, 2027
Funded by: CISU / Danida
Budget: 3,16 mio. DKK
Community Climate Resilience and Adaptation through Local Solutions (CUCOIA)
The proposed intervention is to be implemented in Nhamatanda District, in the Sofala Province, in the central-eastern Mozambique. Located in the centre of the province, the intervention will work with five communities. The purpose of the intervention is that poor and climate vulnerable small-scale farming communities in Nhamatanda have become more resilient to the effects of climate change through the engagement in climate change adoption plans and practices.
This will be achieved through the delivery of two outcomes: Climate change adaptation capabilities of poor and vulnerable small-scale farmers strengthened in the targeted locations. This includes micro-projects and demonstration plots. The capacities of the civil society community groups to adopt and effectively promote and advocate climate change adaptation solutions have been strengthened. The intervention will be implemented by our long-term partner in Mozambique, Livaningo.
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Community-Led Climate Adaptation (COLECA): Empowering youth and women with green businesses in Homa Bay, Kenya
Start date: May 1, 2024
End date: April 30, 2026
Funded by: CISU / Danida
Budget: 1,3 mio. DKK
Community-Led Climate Adaptation (COLECA): Empowering youth and women with green businesses in Homa Bay, Kenya
This intervention was inspired by experiences made by the Private Sector Working Group in the CISU-funded Devolution and Climate Change Adaptation Programme, implemented from 2019 to 2023, and will focus on empowering youth and women in Homa Bay county, Kenya to adapt to climate change.
Some key issues that this intervention will address include lack of knowledge on climate adaptation, and limited inclusive participation. The intervention targets horticulture and tree nursery groups, aiming to build capacity and enhance climate adaptation and business skills and establish linkages with successful peer businesses and government services while fostering dialogues with duty-bearers for inclusive participation. Quarterly public participation meetings and exhibitions bridge youth and women groups with local authorities.
The intervention is expected to increase the climate resilience of 1,200 persons in Homa Bay county by directing engaging 8 youth and 12 women groups.
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