Date & Time: 28 April 2020 at 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM BST
Organizer: ATA Insights
Description: In response to the alarming numbers of displaced people around the world and their unreliable access to sustainable energy, IRENA collaborated with UNHCR in assessing energy access in four refugee settlements in Iraq and Ethiopia, in an attempt to identify ideal renewable energy solutions to reduce diesel consumption and costs and provide the refugees with clean, reliable and cost-efficient energy for their everyday purposes. The webinar will feature Dr. Deribe Gurmu from the UNHCR Ethiopia and will share insights and takeaways from this study captured in its 2019 report Renewables for refugee settlements: Sustainable energy access in humanitarian situations and will outline avenues to replicate the proposed renewable energy solutions in other refugee settlements and share possible business models to increase the uptake of renewables as well as enable the participation of private actors.
