As climate change continues to create environmental and economic challenges across the world, it is important to promote lifestyles and industry choices that reduce toxic air pollutants and protect the earth’s capacity to provide resources for future generations. SE International’s Center For A Renewable Green Africa considers the long-term impact of climate change and the consequences of the impact on development sustainability.
SE International’s contribution to the fight against climate change is through the support of local youth environment entrepreneurs, innovative solutions to improve cooking techniques to reduce pollutants, the planting of trees, and the use of renewable energy. This support is manifested in a comprehensive approach that includes technology development aid and advocacy campaigns to create behavioral changes in environment, natural resource, and energy management. Specifically, SE International promotes the following strategies.
PROMOTION OF THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGIES AND ACTIVITES
- Solar Systems training and support for solar panels, cookers, ovens, and heaters.
- Biogas design training and support.
- Promotion of indoor air projects (Improved commercial and family cook stoves).
- Promotion of afforestation and tree-planting awareness for community forests, school forests, and private individual forests.
- Construction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) facilities.
- Promotion of village electricity generation–solar or other clean energy.
- Encouragement and incentivization of reforestation, forest protection, and the restoration of biodiversity.
- Development of and advocacy for policy solutions to local resource, environment, and renewable energy problems
- Development of effective partnership with all stakeholders, including consumers, policy makers, entrepreneurs, community development leaders, women and youth leaders, research institutions, colleges and Universities, and donors and foundations.