Le pompage solaire pour l’approvisionnement en eau

Alberto Ibáñez Llario, Asenath W. Kiprono

L’énergie solaire pour le pompage d’eau souterraine renferme un énorme potentiel d’accroissement de la durabilité des systèmes d’approvisionnement en eau. Cependant, le manque de connaissances, de capacité et d’expertise en matière de conception et de mise en oeuvre de ces systèmes ralentit leur ado...

Building with Lime Stabilized Soil

Stafford Holmes, Bee Rowan

How best can we stimulate lasting recovery from floods, earthquakes, and other climate disasters, with limited resources and funds? How can we deliver housing and adequate shelter that will protect as many people as possible across the world from anticipated future floods or extreme weather? Widely...

Transdisciplinary Knowledge Co-production for Sustainable Cities

Kerstin Hemström, David Simon, Henrietta Palmer, Beth Perry, Merritt Polk

How can we create new practices for research collaboration that mirror the complexities we are facing around the world, including the impacts of climate change, widening inequalities, decreasing biodiversity and untenable consumption levels? Transdisciplinary co-production aims to address this issue...

Solar Pumping for Water Supply

Alberto Ibáñez Llario, Asenath W. Kiprono

Solar power for pumping groundwater has a vast potential for improving the sustainability of water supply schemes. However experience also shows that a lack of knowledge, capacity and expertise to design and implement such schemes is holding back their adoption. This book bridges this gap to equip e...

A Practical Guide to Solar Photovoltaic Systems for Technicians

Jean-Paul Louineau

Solar photovoltaic systems provide an environmentally sustainable source of energy and have the potential to vastly improve the lives of many people in isolated areas of the world. First published in 2008, the first edition has been used to train more than ten thousand engineers and field technic...

Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2019

Practical Action

Les PPEO 2019 sont l’aboutissement de cinq années de recherches pour explorer par quels moyens donner corps aux types de services énergétiques qui permettraient aux populations pauvres en énergie de prospérer. Le rapport synthétise et met à jour les messages et recommandations clés en matière de pla...

Panorama de la pobreza energética 2019

Practical Action

El PPEO 2019 es la culminación de cinco años de investigación, explorando qué se necesita para hacer realidad el tipo de servicios energéticos que permiten a las personas pobres en energía prosperar. El informe recopila y actualiza los mensajes y recomendaciones clave sobre la planificación (PPEO 20...

Poor People's Energy Outlook 2019 Arabic

Practical Action

PPEO 2019 is the culmination of five years’ research, exploring what it takes to realise the kinds of energy services that enable people living in energy poverty to thrive. The report compiles and updates key messages and recommendations on energy access planning (PPEO 2016), financing (PPEO 2017) a...

Insights on Ecosystem-based Adaptation

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is emerging as a key approach to climate change and a fundamental pillar for sustainable development. The objective of this summary report is to highlight the lessons learned from the field implementation of ten case studies presented at the regional contest.

Poor People's Energy Outlook 2019

Practical Action

PPEO 2019 is the culmination of five years’ research, exploring what it takes to realise the kinds of energy services that enable people living in energy poverty to thrive. The report compiles and updates key messages and recommendations on energy access planning (PPEO 2016), financing (PPEO 2017) a...