High efficiency, low emissions (HELE) heating stoves offer significant benefits for household comfort, public health and air pollution which is an increasing problem in urban areas in the winter.
Working towards the overarching twin objectives of achieving universal energy access by 2030 and advancing decarbonization in support of international commitments on climate change, consistent with the World Bank’s mission of ending…
ESMAP/The World Bank present the Gender Equality in the Energy Sector Calendar (2020-21) to raise awareness on key gender-equality issues in the energy sector.
This reports elucidates the role of financial innovation in the off-grid solar sector and provides a roadmap for practitioners, financiers, and entrepreneurs navigating capital raises for companies active in the sector.
The analysis focuses on: challenges that female-headed households (FHHs) face in accessing reliable electricity and heating services; struggle to pay for utilities in relation to male-headed households; and how often FHHs use coping…
