gender and energy

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Gender and Energy, ICRECC

Suva, Fiji, 7 December 2010

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

Gender and Energy

D h é B bDaphné BarbotteSoutheast Asia & Pacific Regional Secretariat

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP)

ICRECC, Suva, Fiji, 7 December 2010



Absolute poverty = lack of basic human needs

1.7 billion people “live” in absolute poverty worldwide

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Part of the population living below the poverty line per country



Millennium Development Goals

Linkages to MDGs

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Energy poverty

• 1.8 billion people rely on traditional biomass fuels• pollution from these fuels kills about 2.5m women and children

each year• kerosene expenditure totals to $38b/year or

$50/year/household



Breaking the vicious cycle

Energy poverty

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Breaking the vicious cycle

Energy poverty



Lighting as a first step

Energy ladder

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Development benefits



MDG linkages to energy

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MDG linkages to energy



Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG)

Gender and Energy in the Pacific

Connect, inform and mobilize peopleand organizations committed to achieving gender equality in energy use.

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Appropriate Technology for Community and Environment (APACE) - Micro hydroelectric project

APACE micro hydroelectric project

Village developments

Significant impact on women





Aim: connect houses, kitchens and church over three separate electrical circuits. A fourth circuit is fed to the 600-student Beulah PSS.

Village development since the electricity supply was connected- Old houses repaired and up-graded.- Street lighting installed.

School kitchen facilities upgraded- School kitchen facilities upgraded.- Purchase of 3 domestic water heaters for families with children.- Start of a fish freezer business.`- Establishment of a rice farm.- Clinic electric power connected.- Church improvements.- All houses and kitchens connected light.- New income-generating activities using electricity: sewing, craft.

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Siginificant impact on Bulelevata women

• project policy support• female project management• female role modeling at varying levels• specific women’s awareness and training workshops • visits by women to other villages

management committee positions for women• management committee positions for women• a new village institution for women• technical team leadership by women• logistical project support teams being given equal status to technical project teams



Pacific Micro Energy Service Companies (PMESCOs)

PMESCOs

AIM: create a market demand for solar home systems

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PMESCOs

KEYS TO SUCCESS:

local knowledge

in-country champion





PMESCOs


METHODOLOGY: find an existing entrepreneur that could learn to incorporate clean energy technologies into his business, conduct community consultations & teach appropriate people about maintenance

KEY TO SUCCESS: have local knowledge & an in-country champion who knows how to inspire people y p p p pand make clean energy to a prospering business

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PMESCOs




PMESCOs

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PMESCOs



Pacific Renewable Energy & Microfinance (PREM)

Aim: to assist in the development of innovative & sustainable microfinance for renewable energy and

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PREM

energy efficiency loan products in Fiji, Vanuatu and Samoa.

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Pacific Renewable Energy &Microfinance (PREM)

• Aim: to assist in the development ofinnovative & sustainable microfinancef d l dfor RE and EE loan products in Fiji,Vanuatu and Samoa

• Project outputs: Baseline survey of microfinance Development of training materials

& training on basic awareness on RE & EE

Environmental risk & needs assessment

• Project Partners:– Foundation for Development

Cooperation (FDC) & MFIs in Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa



Primary lessons from the Pacific regionPrimary lessons from the Pacific region

Draw on the cultural standing of women

Involve and empower women within clean

energy projects to deliver sustainability and benefit the whole community.

Women & energy in the Pacific

These concepts can work in your country

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership

an international partnership established at the 2002 an international partnership established at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg

working primarily in developing countries and in countries in transition

REEEP is …



REEEP is facilitating the development of market conditions for the accelerated uptake of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies through:

structuring policy and regulatory initiatives for clean energy, and

facilitating financing for clean energy projects

Core themes

Unique role of bringing the private sector to the table

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REEEP partners- businesses- G8 countries- developing

countries- NGOs

REEEP Partners include 45 governments –

• all the G7 countries and South Africa, Brazil, Mexico )

• States and key agencies from China and India (NDRC, IREDA )

• Development Banks and other International Organisations



REEEP Regional Office East Asia

REEEP Regional Office Latin America &

Caribbean

REEEP Regional Office North America

REEEP Local Focal Point MEDREP

REEEP Regional OfficeSouth Asia

REEEP International Secretariat

REEEP Local Focal Point ECOWAS ‐ ECREEE

REEEP Regional Secretariats and local partners support the global partnership’s

REEEP Regional Office Africa

REEEP Regional OfficeSouth East Asia & Pacific

activities

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REEEP’s goals:

i th t i bilit f d d d l id increase the sustainability of demand and supply side of energy systems

reduce market barriers and financial obstacles for renewables and energy efficiency systems

establish on-the-ground project activities that are targeting policy improvements and innovative finance mechanisms mechanisms

improve energy access for the poor through reliable and clean energy services

replicate success across the developed and developing world



REEEP is contributing to breaking the vicious cycle

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Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership

Thank you

Southeast Asia and Pacific Regional Secretariat

18 Kavanagh St

Southbank VIC 3006

Melbourne

T: +61 3 9929 4100

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