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Location
Campus Center, Smith College
Start Date
5-10-2019 1:00 PM
End Date
5-10-2019 1:40 PM
Description
More than half a billion people in Africa lack access to electricity for basic needs such as lighting, studying at night or running a small home business. Engaging local communities and local agency will be critical to closing this gap, as the continent navigates a transition in its energy system.
Powering Africa in a Changing Climate: Strengthening Local Action and Voices
Campus Center, Smith College
More than half a billion people in Africa lack access to electricity for basic needs such as lighting, studying at night or running a small home business. Engaging local communities and local agency will be critical to closing this gap, as the continent navigates a transition in its energy system.
Comments
Born and raised in Ghana, West Africa, Lily’s interest in energy and development stems from a deep personal appreciation of the challenge of living in an energy-constrained environment. She has experienced first-hand how the lack of access to reliable and affordable energy curtails economic growth and limits the abilities of people to meet their basic needs. Her vision is to re-write this story for the millions of people who still live this reality today in Sub-Saharan Africa. In her current role managing the World Resources Institute’s energy access policy and planning engagements in Africa, Lily works with government agencies, the private sector and civil society organizations in East Africa to build an understanding of the innovative policy approaches and strategic partnerships needed to promote integrated solutions for energy access. She is currently exploring the role of bottom-up data in creating the space for electricity planning that is inclusive and responsive to the development needs of the poor. Lily’s research interests span decentralized renewables for energy access, policy issues at the energy-development nexus, the political economy of energy access and just energy transitions.