This article tells a story of trial and error in the development of a clean cookstove business model in Zambia, highlighting the many factors that come into play and the occasional unpredictability of the market.
This report analyses linkages in the water-energy-food-ecosystem nexus – essentially resource management trade-offs and synergies — in transboundary river basin settings. It draws on 36 nexus case studies from transboundary river basins in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, providing lessons for transboundary management and cooperation.
This energy profile provides recent data on the energy sector of Zambia, including generation mix,total generation, renewable energy potential and more.
This brief provides a high-level overview of the status of Zambia’s off-grid solar markets, as well as relevant policies and programs.
This report considers the challenges faced by developers implementing renewable energy projects in the SADC region, analyzes existing prefeasibility or early-stage project preparation funds in the region and globally to assess if they effectively support project developers, and provides recommendations on how to improve and scale up these facilities.
This note aims to provide a high-level analysis of the preconditions for stimulating green investments with a focus on financial sector supervisory framework needed to address climate risks (physical and transition), current landscape of green finance in Zambia, and the demand-side opportunities for green investments in key sectors.
This policy brief investigates Zambia’s policy and legislative framework for energy generation from waste, and provides recommendations for improvements.
This report examines the trends of renewable energy investment and finance in Sub-Saharan Africa (Chapter 2), driven by regional and national plans, targets and strategies for the sector (Chapter 3), and the policy environment for renewables in the region (Chapter 4).
This slide desk provides an overview of energy efficiency standards in Southern and East Africa and presents (draft) harmonized standards for lighting, refrigerators and air conditioners.
This study presents baseline data on the clean cooking situation in Zambia and describes the achievements thus far of clean cookstoves provider Supamoto.