The Mobilising Investment project in Bangladesh is working with the Sustainable Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) to de-risk investment for solar irrigation pumps and identify options for the public sector in supporting private investment into off-grid solar.
The Mobilising Investment project in Peru is working with the Ministry of Environment to identify opportunities to mobilise private sector investment for projects in the waste sector.
Water-energy-food nexus: Applying an inter-sectoral lens to meet growing needs
Ritu Thakur of the CDKN-Asia team and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia, describes how an inter-sectoral development approach in Nashik, the “backyard of Mumbai”, is helping meet people’s growing needs for water, energy and food.
Modelling Mozambique's low-emissions future
Almeida Sitoe, Sadie Cox and Tim Woods report on a major low-emissions project that is modelling future development pathways for Mozambique and providing scenarios for the next version of its NDC.
The Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership (LEDS GP) facilitates peer learning, technical cooperation and information exchange to support the formation and implementation of low emission development strategies.
News
1st October 2018
Cities Footprint Project is voted one of five ‘best urban initiatives worldwide’
The ‘Cities Footprint’ project, designed and co-financed by the Latin American Development Bank (CAF), CDKN, the Agence Française de Développement and Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano has been named one of the world's most promising initiatives for urban sustainability and for best practice in linking local to global agendas.
Feature
26th September 2018
Scaling up mini-grids - How Nigeria learned from Ghana
A team of Nigerian electricity experts has travelled to Ghana to better understand how Ghana is scaling up its low carbon mini-grids programme. Charlie Zajicek caught up with Victor Osu, of Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Authority, to find out more about this LEDS GP-sponsored exchange.
Feature
11th September 2018
Policy coherence key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Patrick Curran, a policy analyst at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, shares new research on policy coordination across water, energy, food and climate goals in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.
Event
5th September 2018
Mini-grids for rural electrification and development
On 19 September, the Africa Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Partnership and Energy Working Group invite you to a webinar to discuss ‘Mini-grids for rural electrification and development: Enabling effective business models through well-designed policies’. Register today for this free, open event.
