Storybook: The Year the Cold Didn’t Come
Through this storybook, IFAD seeks to highlight the impact of climate change in Lao PDR, where those affected the most are rural people, especially women, children and ethnic minorities.
How to do note: Mainstreaming portable biogas systems into IFAD-supported projects - IFAD
Publication | 15 June 2015
How to do note: Mainstreaming portable biogas systems into IFAD-supported projects
Access to modern renewable energy services is a key factor in eradicating poverty and ensuring food security.
Today, 2.5 billion people rely on traditional biomass fuels (charcoal, dung, firewood) as their principal source of energy for cooking and heating. And more than 80 per cent of these people (over 1.7 billion) live in either sub-Saharan Africa or South-East Asia.
Replacing these traditional fuels with renewable sources of energy can significantly change living conditions in these regions, particularly for women.
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