SOLCO
The Solar Electric Cooking Partnership for Humanitarian Contexts
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SOLCO is a Climate Action Partnership led by Last Mile Climate as part of the Global eCooking Coalition (GeCCo) initiative, and implemented in collaboration with relevant global, national and local partners.
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SOLCO is focused on enabling affordable access to solar electric cooking for displaced families and their host communities.
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Vision and Impact
SOLCO is an eco-system of partners that will revolutionize cooking in refugee-hosting countries across Africa. Our initial goal is to transition more than 250,000 households to solar-electric cooking by 2027, leveraging a minimum of $100 million in financing. This initiative will not only transform cooking but also champion environmental sustainability and economic development through creation of green jobs in the solar-electric value chain.
How SOLCO Works
SOLCO is a platform for public-private partnerships to enable solar-electric cooking at scale across a number of refugee-hosting countries through localized market-based implementation that crowds in private sector solutions and climate financing with a target of min. 100 million USD.
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Get Involved
We welcome collaboration with governments, businesses, NGOs, and community groups. Join us to help make solar e-cooking a reality for displaced communities.
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Contact info:
Jakob Øster, Executive Director, Last Mile Climate: jakob@lastmileclimate.org
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James Haselip, Senior Advisor on Climate and Energy, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre: james.haselip@un.org
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Mark Gibson, Operational Lead, Global Platform for Action (GPA) on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), mark.gibson@unitar.org
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SOLCO Global Partners
