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Uganda: Making Life Brighter with Solar Energy
Hundreds of millions of people do not have access to electricity, seriously hampering their ability to improve their development prospects. In Arua, northern Uganda, where employment rates are low and poverty is high, the UN is supporting a company that is providing pay-as-you-go solar energy services, putting the benefits of electricity in reach of villagers who would otherwise never be able to afford it.
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Chibeze Ezekiel, a young David that defeated Goliath
YouTube stars The Try Guys, introduce Chibeze Ezekiel, a Ghanaian community organizer who began a community campaign to resist, when a new local coal project was announced. Follow this and other episodes of the climate change podcast serie "No denying it", produced by UN News.
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Breaking through the darkness
“Light is not only light. It is life, and a better life for us here,” said Teung, the chief of Thai Phai Bai village in Lao PDR. His village has recently reached a life-changing milestone: for the first time ever, the community has reliable access to electricity. And it's renewable.
Renewable energy boosts safety of UN peacekeepers
The shift to green energy in the field is not just about environmental footprint, as it helps to protect peacekeepers by reducing the need to transport fuel on dangerous roads and by withstanding fuel shortages.
Solar cooperative brings light and development to refugees in Ethiopia
The nearest national electric grid to Ethiopia’s Melkadida Refugee Camp is more than 200 kilometres away. Yet there is power. There is light. And there is opportunity. It all started with a visionary partnership between the private sector, host communities and refugees.
Greening Malawi, the warm heart of Africa
Last year, Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting tropical storm ever recorded worldwide, prompted the Government of Malawi to declare a state of disaster in March 2023. Now the country is setting the course for climate-resilient development and providing a model for other nations to follow.
Will developing countries benefit from the renewables boom?
The UN is helping to ensure that developing countries benefit from clean energy. In Madagascar, a promising initiative is showing the potential of clean electrification to change lives.