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Remarks by Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) -Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves Public Launch

AYICC Kenya runs a program known as the R ural Energy Enterprise Network (REEN) . R EEN’s main mandate is to map out groups working on projects on energy efficiency . This includes firewood stoves, charcoal Jikos, biogas, solar, among many other sources of energy.The REEN program is in partnership with the GT Z in implementing its mandate.The program has also been looking at partnering with UNEP in its Clean Cookstoves program and as such has been closely following its progress............ The Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves, launched on Tuesday during the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, is part of the Global Clinton Initiative and spearheaded by the UN Foundation. It aims to cut the estimated 1.6 million to 1.8 million premature deaths linked with indoor emissions from inefficient cook stoves. Remarks by Achim Steiner , UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves Public Launch New York , 23 September I am delig

THE AYICC KENYA RURAL ENERGY ENTERPRISE NETWORK (REEN)

AYICC K enya runs a program known as the R ural E nergy E nterprise N etwork (REEN). R EEN’s main mandate is to map out groups working on projects on energy efficiency. This includes firewood stoves, charcoal Jikos, biogas, solar, among many other sources of energy. Yiting Wang, an Intern at the UNEP and a Chinese national, has been very instrumental in pushing this agenda forward. With the help of the rest of the coordinating team, REEN has already identified three groups that are up and running. They are: Tembea Youth Sustainable Development in Ugunja Ruiru Youth Community Empowerment Programme (RYCEP) in Ruiru The Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO) REEN envisions itself to be the leading network for energy initiatives in Kenya and a resource centre for energy initiatives in Kenya.It also hopes to serve as the resource hub for youth enterprises on energy initiatives in Kenya and a reference point for energy efficient projects in Kenya REEN's Missio

Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Forum Report ACCRA, GHANA-2ND-4TH Sept

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‘Take it to the farmer’ Joshua Minai, the AYICC Kenya Programs and Projects Coordinator was in Accra,Ghana to represent AYICC Kenya and by extension the African youth at an AGRA forum from the 2nd-4th Sept 2010.He was almost the only young person at this gathering where he met and candidly spoke to Kofi ANNAN, the former UN Sec-Gen and current Chairman of AGRA.In his own words,the former UN Sec-Gen told him, 'Partnership or partnerships are key to Africa's success'. Joshua spoke at one of the sessions at the forum,below is his report about the deliberations INTRODUCTION Africa is endowed with a wide diversity of agro-ecologi cal zones. These range from the rain-forest vegetation with bi-annual rainfall to relatively sparse, dry and arid vegetation with low uni-modal rainfall. This diversity is a tremendous asset, but it also poses a substantial challenge for Africa’s agricultural development. With the ever pressing nightmare that climate change posses, it is mandatory tha