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2012 : International year of sustainable energy
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The global challenge of energy for all

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Whether it’s lighting for a workshop in Benin, a heated room for craft work in Afghanistan or machinery to process farm produce in Mali, energy can create new economic opportunities and improve existing ones.  As we enter 2012, the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, GERES seeks to highlight good practice in the field in both North and South and continue speaking up for the rights of people experiencing fuel poverty.

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A success story : Van Tola
GERES news - News in brief

« I also support my village...»

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Van Tola (24 years-old) lives in Andong Russey village in Kapong Chnang, Cambodia. She has worked as an improved cookstoves producer since 2004. He explains today his experience and the reasons why she decided to start these activities. Interview.
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Financing development aid
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How to find innovative solutions ?

breve-cvtcIn regard to the decrease of the public supports of development, some actors are thinking of innovative financial solutions. The Crédit Coopératif has imposed himself a voluntary contribution on his transaction of exchange rate (Contribution Volontaire sur ses Transactions de Change). The amount would be given to the GERES to finance the project in Indian Himalaya. When a financial institution and a field actor work in common and make an advance over the international solidarity field ...

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Following the Climate Change summit in Durban
GERES news - Press releases

The emergency just has to wait until 2020

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Attending the United Nations Global Climate Conference (COP17) between 28 November and 9 December, GERES defended its vision of clean development and solidarity in response to the looming disaster of climate upheavals.  The delegation monitored the negotiations closely and now presents its technical comments on the outcome of the summit.
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