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Climate
Change Facts.
Change Facts.
Bournemouth beach. United Kingdom.
This beach could be under water if Climate Change is not taken
seriously & the Worlds Ocean levels keep rising.We all need to do
our bit to slow it down.
This beach could be under water if Climate Change is not taken
seriously & the Worlds Ocean levels keep rising.We all need to do
our bit to slow it down.
Thursday, 16 July 2009
U.S.A.Development program that can improve global health
Roll Back the Darkness in a Sustainable, Cost-Effective Way
Authors:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Steve Israel, Representative, 2nd District, New York
July 13, 2009Huffington Post
Imagine a U.S. development program that can dramatically improve global health --
even saving 4,000 lives a day. It can significantly reduce violence against women. It
can help combat the effects of climate change. It can enable millions of poor girls to
attend school. It can help the world's poorest save and earn more money. And these
results can be achieved with relatively small amounts of money in some of the most
unstable places like Pakistan and Somalia, where results are most needed.
We are talking about deploying small-scale solar devices through microfinance
projects designed to empower woman as small business leaders. Funding solar
villages can help meet the basic energy needs of the more than 3 billion people in
the world with no reliable access to electricity and be one of the highest returns on
investment for U.S. development assistance.
Every day, tens of thousands of people are burned by kerosene lamps. Not only are
these lamps dangerous and dirty, they are expensive and provide poor lighting,
which destroys eyesight. Solar-powered lanterns can replace the kerosene that
billions of poor families rely on to light their homes. Most importantly, solar-powered
lanterns and the hours of light they provide bring hours of increased safety and
security for communities in dangerous areas. LED lanterns can even double as
chargers to power up electrical devices. In terms of cost-effectiveness, an LED
lantern pays for itself in less than a year.
Just a few years ago in rural India, a small group of women transformed their lives
and their village with a small stock of solar lanterns. The
housewives-turned-entrepreneurs sold solar and other renewable energy products;
their main income generator was portable solar lamp rentals, which provided eight
hours of light to families who rented the lanterns. The women turned a profit,
improved their village, and demonstrated the demand for these devices in remote
areas. Their success was made possible with a small grant from the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, a Department of Energy lab located in Colorado.
This is exactly the type of smart program we need to help recreate around the
developing world. Other solar devices, such as solar cookers, can reduce the
devastating environmental impact of chopping down trees to provide fuel for fires.
The resulting deforestation leads to severe flooding and ruined soil quality.
Leading climate scientists also contend that black soot from cooking stoves across
the developing world is contributing as much as 18% of the planet's warming. The
dangerous toxins from the cookers also cause respiratory illnesses which lead to 1.6
million deaths each year -- more than the number who die annually from malaria.
Solar devices can be a cost-effective way to slow global warming and save lives.
And we're giving people sustainable ways to improve their own lives, by owning
businesses that create wealth.
Humanitarian aid and microfinance organizations have been among the first to
embrace small-scale solar devices. Solar lanterns are providing increased security
for communities. Solar-powered water-purification systems are providing clean
drinking water to refugees. Camps in Sudan, Chad, and Nepal have all begun using
solar devices and the results so far have been overwhelmingly positive.
One of the smartest foreign assistance initiatives the United States could undertake
is to jump-start these promising solar-powered efforts around the world. There is
currently a bill pending in Congress (sponsored by Congressman Israel) to help
authorize five years' worth of funding starting with an initial $10 million investment in
the deployment of these devices to the developing world, and another $90 million
investment over the next four years to bring commercially viable and affordable
renewable energy options to the world's poorest through microfinance programs
targeted at empowering women. The House of Representatives has committed to
the initial $10 million investment. If passed, this bill could create a long-standing
program to provide financing for millions of LED lanterns to be distributed through
microfinance organizations, as well as the development of next-generation solar
cookers. It would also be a game-changer for U.S. businesses working to develop
solar technology, providing them with new demand and competition to spur research
and development.
Going green is no longer simply a luxury for wealthy countries. As these simple solar
tools show us, exactly the opposite is true. People in impoverished,
resource-scarce, conflict-ridden areas need renewable energy more than anyone.
We now have the technology to light up the darkness in cost-effective, sustainable
ways. Funding these innovations should be a priority for U.S. foreign assistance.
Congressman Steve Israel represents New York's 2nd Congressional District. Isobel
Coleman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and directs the
Council's Women and Foreign Policy program.
U.S.A.Development program that can improve global health
Roll Back the Darkness in a Sustainable, Cost-Effective Way
Authors:
Isobel Coleman, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy
Steve Israel, Representative, 2nd District, New York
July 13, 2009Huffington Post
Imagine a U.S. development program that can dramatically improve global health --
even saving 4,000 lives a day. It can significantly reduce violence against women. It
can help combat the effects of climate change. It can enable millions of poor girls to
attend school. It can help the world's poorest save and earn more money. And these
results can be achieved with relatively small amounts of money in some of the most
unstable places like Pakistan and Somalia, where results are most needed.
We are talking about deploying small-scale solar devices through microfinance
projects designed to empower woman as small business leaders. Funding solar
villages can help meet the basic energy needs of the more than 3 billion people in
the world with no reliable access to electricity and be one of the highest returns on
investment for U.S. development assistance.
Every day, tens of thousands of people are burned by kerosene lamps. Not only are
these lamps dangerous and dirty, they are expensive and provide poor lighting,
which destroys eyesight. Solar-powered lanterns can replace the kerosene that
billions of poor families rely on to light their homes. Most importantly, solar-powered
lanterns and the hours of light they provide bring hours of increased safety and
security for communities in dangerous areas. LED lanterns can even double as
chargers to power up electrical devices. In terms of cost-effectiveness, an LED
lantern pays for itself in less than a year.
Just a few years ago in rural India, a small group of women transformed their lives
and their village with a small stock of solar lanterns. The
housewives-turned-entrepreneurs sold solar and other renewable energy products;
their main income generator was portable solar lamp rentals, which provided eight
hours of light to families who rented the lanterns. The women turned a profit,
improved their village, and demonstrated the demand for these devices in remote
areas. Their success was made possible with a small grant from the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, a Department of Energy lab located in Colorado.
This is exactly the type of smart program we need to help recreate around the
developing world. Other solar devices, such as solar cookers, can reduce the
devastating environmental impact of chopping down trees to provide fuel for fires.
The resulting deforestation leads to severe flooding and ruined soil quality.
Leading climate scientists also contend that black soot from cooking stoves across
the developing world is contributing as much as 18% of the planet's warming. The
dangerous toxins from the cookers also cause respiratory illnesses which lead to 1.6
million deaths each year -- more than the number who die annually from malaria.
Solar devices can be a cost-effective way to slow global warming and save lives.
And we're giving people sustainable ways to improve their own lives, by owning
businesses that create wealth.
Humanitarian aid and microfinance organizations have been among the first to
embrace small-scale solar devices. Solar lanterns are providing increased security
for communities. Solar-powered water-purification systems are providing clean
drinking water to refugees. Camps in Sudan, Chad, and Nepal have all begun using
solar devices and the results so far have been overwhelmingly positive.
One of the smartest foreign assistance initiatives the United States could undertake
is to jump-start these promising solar-powered efforts around the world. There is
currently a bill pending in Congress (sponsored by Congressman Israel) to help
authorize five years' worth of funding starting with an initial $10 million investment in
the deployment of these devices to the developing world, and another $90 million
investment over the next four years to bring commercially viable and affordable
renewable energy options to the world's poorest through microfinance programs
targeted at empowering women. The House of Representatives has committed to
the initial $10 million investment. If passed, this bill could create a long-standing
program to provide financing for millions of LED lanterns to be distributed through
microfinance organizations, as well as the development of next-generation solar
cookers. It would also be a game-changer for U.S. businesses working to develop
solar technology, providing them with new demand and competition to spur research
and development.
Going green is no longer simply a luxury for wealthy countries. As these simple solar
tools show us, exactly the opposite is true. People in impoverished,
resource-scarce, conflict-ridden areas need renewable energy more than anyone.
We now have the technology to light up the darkness in cost-effective, sustainable
ways. Funding these innovations should be a priority for U.S. foreign assistance.
Congressman Steve Israel represents New York's 2nd Congressional District. Isobel
Coleman is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and directs the
Council's Women and Foreign Policy program.
