‘Shifting to clean energy’
The implications of climate change can already be felt. The effects are disastrous in many countries. Take Guatemala. ‘The long period of drought causes people to die here,’ says Guatamalan Iván Azurdia in the Hivos publication Renewable energy. In this brochure Hivos illustrates how the tide can be turned.
Solar panels, small water power plants and energy efficient bio gas installations are three examples of small, sustainable energy systems. Hivos and its partner organisations distribute these technologies among poor people in developing countries. People from all over the world, ranging from isolated villages in Guatemala to marginalised areas in Tanzania, benefit from these forms of energy supply. They are no longer dependent on climate unfriendly sources such as petroleum. Nor from large energy plants that are too far away or that charge large sums of money for electricity.
Solution
‘This is how we deal with the climate problem,’ says Hivos Director Manuela Monteiro in Renewable energy. ‘At the same time, it is a solution for poverty. These climate friendly, decentralised technologies offer poor people access to an essential source for development: energy. It allows them to design their own lives.’ In Renewable energy Hivos and its partners give an overview of the problems caused by climate change in developing countries. They also indicate that everyone in the world – citizens, companies and governments – can contribute to solving the problems. An extremely fast shift to sustainable energy sources is not only technologically feasible. It is also affordable.
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