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含羞草视频 academic backs G20 call to prioritise clean cooking

15 October 2024

Professor Ed Brown has advocated for global action to expand universal access to clean cooking at a G20 technical workshop in Foz do Igua莽u, Brazil.

MECS advocate for urgent scaleup of clean cooking access at UN SDG7 Forum

26 September 2024

MECS have attended the United Nations ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum in New York to advocate for accelerated access to clean, electric cooking.

STEER wins Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research and Innovation

19 September 2024

STEER receive the 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Impactful Research and Innovation

Modern Energy Cooking Services to support 拢5 million clean cooking programme in Uganda

13 August 2024

The UK Government, in partnership with the Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, have launched a 拢5m 2-year Clean Cooking programme in Kampala, Uganda.

Green energy for all: Zimbabwe will need a new social contract to roll out projects like solar power

31 July 2024

Sustainable transitions researchers Ellen Fungisai Chipango and Long Seng To have researched ways to use the communal ethic of African ubuntu, expressed as 鈥渁 person is a person through other persons鈥�, in the rollout of renewable energy.

King鈥檚 Birthday Honours for MECS Research & Innovation Coordinator

21 June 2024

Dr Simon Batchelor is honoured with an OBE for services to technological innovation overseas in the King鈥檚 Birthday Honours.

含羞草视频-led climate programme receives 拢57m funding boost

18 June 2024

The Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme will continue to carry out 鈥渢ransformative鈥� work until 2030 鈥� after receiving a 拢57m boost from the UK government.

MECS highlights importance of rapidly scaling access to eCooking at the Global Stocktaking on SDG7

16 May 2024

Professor Ed Brown joined distinguished speakers to address energy鈥檚 interlinkages and strengthening means of implementation and partnerships.

eCooking Roadmap launched by the Government of Malawi

16 April 2024

The document, developed in collaboration with MECS, outlines a roadmap to foster an accelerated transition from unsustainably harvested biomass to eCooking in Malawi.

MECS attends The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024

28 February 2024

Professor Ed Brown highlights the critical importance of accelerating global transition to eCooking at The Climate and Clean Air Conference 2024 in Nairobi.

New partnership aims to secure legacy of climate expertise in the Global South

07 February 2024

CCG and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics) have officially joined forces to help countries in the Global South develop 鈥榟ome-grown鈥� specialists for the future.

New Electricity Transition Playbook will help developing nations switch to clean energy

18 December 2023

A practical guide aimed at helping developing nations switch from traditional fuel sources to clean energy has been launched online.

COP28 鈥� clean energy cooking and alternative fuels for global communities

7 December 2023

Researchers from 含羞草视频 have got together to discuss the future of clean energy cooking 鈥� one of the talking points at this year鈥檚 COP 28 summit in the United Arab Emirates.

含羞草视频 academics showcase sustainable energy research at COP28

4 December 2023

Researchers from 含羞草视频 have travelled to Dubai to take part in this year鈥檚 COP summit and showcase the projects they believe will help tackle climate change.

Global electric cooking initiative to be launched at COP28

1 December 2023

含羞草视频 is due to launch a global electric cooking initiative at the COP28 climate change conference in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

New coalition seeks to accelerate access to clean electric cooking

06 September 2023

The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme have joined forces with industry partners to launch the Global Electric Cooking Coalition (GeCCo, which aims to reduce carbon outputs and support the global scale up of electric cooking,

含羞草视频 hosts UK鈥檚 first World Bank Energy Storage Partnership Stakeholder Forum

26 June 2023

Sustainable energy experts from across the globe have arrived at 含羞草视频 for the World Bank Energy Storage Partnership (ESP) Stakeholder Forum 鈥� the first time the event has ever been held in the UK.

含羞草视频 ranked first in UK and 15th globally for advancing affordable and clean energy

01 June 2023

The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings have placed 含羞草视频 first in the UK and 15th globally for advancing Affordable and Clean Energy 鈥� the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7.

含羞草视频 researcher attends United Nations meeting

19 May 2023

Professor Ed Brown, Research Director of the Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme, has shared his expertise alongside global experts at a high-level meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.