{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"organization":["Sustainable Energy for All"]},"warnings":[]},"total":{"value":370,"relation":"eq"},"page":2,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=sustainable-energy-for-all&page=2","next":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?organization=sustainable-energy-for-all&page=3","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"seforall-000080","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000080","title":"Country Brief: Sustainable Cooling for All in Kenya","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":"2024-11-07","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/publications/country-brief-sustainable-cooling-for-all-in-kenya","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Kenya faces significant cooling gaps, with millions of people in hot regions at risk due to poverty and lack of electricity. While the country has a high share of renewable energy, the growth of refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) threatens to increase emissions, necessitating a transition to sustainable cooling to align with Net Zero 2050 goals.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000080#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"In Kenya's hottest regions—the Rift Valley, Northeastern, Eastern, and Coast—approximately 9.6 million rural and urban poor are at high risk due to a lack of cooling access, as they live below the international poverty line of USD 2.15 per day in substandard housing without electricity. An additional 14.8 million lower-middle-income people are at medium risk due to limited financial resources and lack of electricity.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000080#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Direct and indirect emissions from refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) in Kenya are projected to rise from approximately 4 Mt CO2eq in 2030 to 7.87 Mt CO2eq by 2050 under a 'business as usual' scenario, driven by energy use, appliance end-of-life, and refrigerant leakage.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000080#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Kenya's temperatures could increase by up to 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century under a 'business as usual' climate scenario (RCP 8.5). Turkana County in the north of the Rift Valley Province is already significantly hotter than other areas, with monthly average highs near 40°C.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000080#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Kenya aims for Net Zero by 2050 via its Energy Transition and Investment Plan 2023-2050 (ETIP), which involves phasing out unabated fossil fuels by 2040. 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The plan emphasizes a massive shift toward solar PV, which is projected to reach 209 GW by 2050, and the phasing out of diesel decentralized generators by 2030. In the transport sector, the plan envisions a transition where electric vehicles make up at least 80% of the fleet by 2050, while the cooking sector aims for universal access by 2030, eventually transitioning to e-cooking. Despite the high upfront costs, the transition is projected to result in fuel savings of $686 billion USD. Key barriers identified include high initial costs for EVs and e-cooking, unreliable grid supply, and a skills gap in green technologies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Achieving net-zero emissions by 2060 will require a capital investment of approximately $500 billion USD above business-as-usual (BAU) levels, though this is offset by projected fuel savings of $686 billion USD.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The power sector requires a total installed capacity of 277 GW by 2060, with a significant shift toward renewables; solar PV is expected to reach 209 GW by 2050 and hydropower 11 GW by 2060.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Nigeria aims for universal electricity access by 2030, requiring a nominal investment of $25.8 billion to reach an additional 106 million people and 19.3 million residential households.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The transport sector is projected to transition heavily to electric vehicles (EVs), with EVs expected to constitute at least 80% of the fleet by 2050 and nearly all cars being electric by 2060.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Hydrogen is identified as a critical future energy source, with production reaching 404 PJ by 2060, including 228 PJ of green hydrogen and 176 PJ of blue hydrogen.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The cooking sector targets universal access by 2030, with a planned phase-out of traditional biomass by 2030 and LPG by the early 2050s in favor of e-cooking.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Industrial decarbonization will rely on late-stage technology adoption, with biomass CCS for cement and hydrogen DRI for steel production becoming dominant after 2050.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The transition is expected to have a net positive impact on employment, creating 840,000 incremental full-time equivalent jobs by 2050, despite a potential loss of 110,000 low-qualified jobs in the oil and gas sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000156#insight-8","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["carbon neutrality","energy transition","photovoltaics","hydropower","green hydrogen","blue hydrogen","electric vehicle","carbon capture and storage","bio-energy with carbon capture and storage","energy access","climate finance","just transition"],"geography_discussed":["Lagos","Abuja","Ibadan","Enugu State","Ghana","Kenya"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["investment analysis","energy modelling","policy assessment"]},{"id":"seforall-000023","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000023","title":"Integrating Clean Cooking into National Energy Access Planning","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-10-14","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/publications/integrating-clean-cooking-into-national-energy-access-planning","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines the importance of integrated energy access planning to coordinate policy, investment, and management decisions for clean cooking and electricity access in low- and middle-income countries. 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The report focuses on tools, methodologies, and policy or financial initiatives that create the enabling conditions to accelerate the transition to eCooking.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000023#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["clean cooking","energy transition"],"geography_discussed":[],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","strategic framework"]},{"id":"seforall-000183","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000183","title":"BEYOND GENSETS: ADVANCING THE ENERGY TRANSITION IN LAGOS STATE","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-10","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-10/SEforALL%20Beyond%20Gensets%20LASG%20Extended-final.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The study estimates that Lagos State has approximately 19 GW of genset capacity, producing 39 million tons of CO2 equivalent annually. 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It also assesses the potential for small-scale hydropower to support off-grid mini-grids, particularly on the eastern coast.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"As of 2023, the estimated electrification rate in Madagascar is approximately 35%, with over 18 million people lacking electricity access.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To achieve universal access by 2030, Madagascar must add 2.6 million customers to the JIRAMA grids and 7.6 million off-grid customers.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Standalone solar systems (SSS) are the primary modality for universal access, projected to serve 5,713,204 connections by 2030, representing 52% of the total population.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Grid densification is identified as the most financially efficient modality, with an estimated CAPEX of just under $560 million to add 1.6 million connections, accounting for 14% of total future required connections.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The plan identifies 371 MV mini-grids and 2,852 LV mini-grid candidates; MV mini-grids are often 'grid-edge' systems in peri-urban areas that exceed the 15 km grid expansion limit.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Small-scale hydropower potential was identified for 26 MV mini-grids, primarily on the eastern coast where rainfall is higher and seasonal variation is lower.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"JIRAMA operates under severe financial distress, with tariffs averaging USD 0.12 per kWh, which is roughly half the cost of generation.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000172#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["Mini-grids","photovoltaics","small hydro","battery energy storage system","Levelized cost of energy","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["Antananarivo","Fianarantsoa","Toamasina"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["least-cost analysis","geospatial modelling","financing requirements analysis","sensitivity analysis"]},{"id":"seforall-000322","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000322","title":"MADAGASCAR Integrated Energy Access Planning – CLEAN COOKING REPORT","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2024-06","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2024-07/report-madagascar-iep_cleancooking-en.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report assesses Madagascar's clean cooking landscape, where only 5% of households use clean technologies. It models two 2030 scenarios: a baseline based on the SDG7 Energy Compact and a 'Universal Access' scenario emphasizing e-cooking and biofuels. Key findings highlight that while bioethanol, biogas, and pellets have vast production potential, affordability remains the primary barrier. The transition could significantly reduce deforestation and avert thousands of deaths from indoor air pollution, particularly benefiting women who bear the brunt of fuel collection and cooking tasks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Clean cooking access in Madagascar is extremely low, with only 5% of households using clean cooking devices as of 2023. The vast majority of energy use is driven by fuelwood in rural areas (>80% of households) and charcoal in urban areas (>60% of households).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Indoor air pollution from solid fuel combustion is a critical health crisis in Madagascar, causing an estimated 21,000 deaths annually. The 'Universal Access' scenario could avert significantly more deaths than the baseline, potentially saving 49,183 adults and 8,022 children.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Cooking-related deforestation is primarily driven by charcoal production, which accounts for 83.2% of forest loss in the baseline scenario and 83.9% in the universal scenario. Transitioning to clean cooking could reduce annual deforestation rates by 96.2% by 2030 under the universal scenario.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Madagascar possesses immense unconstrained production potential for alternative biofuels. By 2030, the total potential energy supply from bioethanol, biogas, and biomass pellets/briquettes could meet several hundred percent of the cooking requirements for both households and institutions.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Financial affordability is the most significant barrier to adoption; approximately 75% of surveyed households cited the cost of cooking as the primary obstacle to using clean solutions. The 'Universal Access' scenario would require 244% additional funds to bridge the affordability gap compared to a reference case of no change.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Clean cooking transitions disproportionately benefit women, who are responsible for fuel collection in 73% of surveyed households. The universal scenario is projected to reduce average daily cooking time from 3.30 hours in 2023 to 1.77 hours by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000322#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The LPG market is underdeveloped and dependent on imports as Madagascar lacks an oil refinery. 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Regionally, East Asia and the Pacific has the most evidence, while Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa have the least, each with fewer than 20 IEs.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000110#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There are critical evidence gaps in countries with the lowest electrification rates (below 20%), specifically Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and South Sudan, where no evidence on on-grid or off-grid electrification interventions was found.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000110#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Certain intervention categories lack any rigorous evidence, specifically insurance and other risk guarantee instruments, push and pull finance, and advocacy and diplomacy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000110#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Among the 35 systematic reviews (SRs), eight were rated as high or medium confidence, yielding specific conclusions: market-based electricity sector reforms lack sufficient evidence of effectiveness on electrification rates; top-down interventions generally fail to improve electricity access in informal settlements in L&MICs; and improved cookstoves can reduce indoor air pollution and certain health risks for women and children.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000110#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Improved cookstoves are the most extensively evaluated technology within the evidence base, and solar energy is the most common modern renewable source used in studies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000110#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["sustainable energy","energy access","renewable energy","energy efficiency","clean cooking","solar energy","climate finance"],"geography_discussed":["People's Republic of China","India","East Asia and the Pacific","sub-Saharan Africa","South Asia","Latin America and the Caribbean","Europe and Central Asia","Middle East and North Africa","Burundi","Central African Republic","Chad","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Malawi","South Sudan","Latin America"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["evidence gap map","systematic review"]},{"id":"seforall-000055","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/seforall-000055","title":"Powering Healthcare in Madagascar: Market Assessment and Roadmap for Health Facility Electrification","publisher":{"name":"Sustainable Energy for All","organization":"sustainable-energy-for-all"},"document_type":"executive summary","language":"en","date_published":"2024-04-04","source_url":"https://www.seforall.org/publications/powering-healthcare-in-madagascar-market-assessment-and-roadmap-for-health-facility","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report identifies a significant energy gap in Madagascar's healthcare system, where approximately 75% of basic healthcare centres lack electricity or have only a single solar refrigerator. 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Following a Market Assessment and Roadmap, the project initially equipped six hospitals in Freetown, Kambia, Masanga, Kabala, and Bonthe with over 0.6 MWp of solar capacity, reducing diesel usage by 58% to 99%. 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The program focused on geospatial data collection, curation, management, and governance to improve the planning of electrification and clean cooking access. 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While solar standalone technology remains the most popular choice, there is a strategic shift toward service-based models like Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) to ensure long-term operation and maintenance. The document emphasizes the need for better intersectoral coordination between health, energy, and climate actors, alongside the adoption of data-driven decision-making and climate finance to achieve sustainable electrification.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000146#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"There is a critical global shortage of reliable power for healthcare, with an estimated one billion people facing local care centers with unreliable electricity. In Sub-Saharan Africa, 25,000 facilities have no electricity and 70,000 lack reliable power, while 12% of health facilities in South Asia have no access.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000146#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The total investment required to provide adequate power to the 64% of global health facilities currently lacking it is estimated at 4.9 billion USD. The most significant investment gaps are in Sub-Saharan Africa (2.5 billion USD) and South Asia (2 billion USD).","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000146#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Healthcare electrification saw a growth surge during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average annual growth rate of 47% for initiatives between 2018 and 2021. 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