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Electricity can power schools, hospitals, and local businesses, allowing people to escape poverty. But for people living in remote communities, who aren’t connected to national grids, accessing energy is a huge challenge.

Practical Action has won the Best NGO in Building Climate Resilience award at the Africa Green Night Awards 2023.

Thousands of smallholder farmers in Burkina Faso will boost their food production, thanks to a new project investing in better access to and use of clean energy.

The ability of energy access to improve incomes, health, and wellbeing, combined with the growing severity of the climate crisis, has increased interest in its potential to enable climate change adaptation.

The twin challenges of sustainable development and climate change have increased interest in the role that energy access can play in enabling adaptation to climate change.

More than GBP £4.5M (about USD $5.5M) in funding has been secured for a 10-year project to help thousands of households and businesses in Nepal access the benefits of clean, affordable energy for cooking.

Increasing Income And Redeeming Time For Women Farmers In Malawi