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CIDSE at COP24 in Katowice, Poland
Discover CIDSE's activities and positions at the climate change conference this year
CIDSE Highlights Sept-Oct 2018
CIDSE Highlights No.37, September - October 2018
Energy to change
An upcoming documentary by CIDSE on energy sustainability for the people and the planet
EU climate finance: more than a numbers' game?
Last Tuesday, 9th October, we organised a round table event at the European Parliament in Brussels together with Climate Action Network Europe (CAN-E), ACT ALLIANCE EU, in collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) on the current and potential future picture of EU climate finance. The event was supported by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) and hosted by MEP Patrizia Toia.
Press release- CIDSE’s new report “The Climate Urgency: Setting Sail for a New Paradigm”
CIDSE network analyses the radical and urgent change needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, looking at the energy and agriculture sectors and society as a whole.
The Climate Urgency: Setting Sail for a New Paradigm
A CIDSE policy paper, September 2018
Finding energy is like trying to find gold
The town of Ogies is nestled in the heart of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa’s coal capital. The drive from Johannesburg passed coal-fired power plants and mines takes an hour and a half with the faint twinge of smoke up your nostrils. Driving into Ogies, gusts of murky air hit you head-on. You are now engulfed by the dust from the 15 coal mines surrounding the town. You also spot the menacing construction site of the mega coal-fired power plant Kusile belonging to the national energy utility Eskom. If (or when) completed, it will transmit 4800 MW of power, making it one of the top five biggest plants in the world and the biggest in South Africa apart from its counterpart Medupi. With that instant of climate-induced depression, comes clarity on why Ogies was chosen to host the first ever energy and climate justice camp for women; it’s a perfect setting to ground the lived reality of women in dirty modern South Africa.
Here’s how you can make 2018 a year of climate success
It's time to prepare together to make this a revolutionary year for climate action.
Improving energy access in Africa and Latin America
Problems of access to energy, with communities not being able to afford energy produced in their region and at the same time having to deal with the impact of that exploitation on their environment is a widespread problem. We have discussed this with Melania Chiponda from WoMin, South Africa, and with Andrea Torres Bobadilla from Tierra Digna, Colombia.