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Upcoming and past high-impact solar cooking events
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Upcoming and past high-impact solar cooking events
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11 Nov 2025 | Belém, Brazil
Financing Energy Efficiency Solutions to Foster Sustainability
Guest Speakers
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
Solar Cookers International joined the Uganda Development Bank at COP30 to explore financing energy-efficient solutions for sustainability. The session highlighted solar cooking’s potential to deliver c... Read more
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17 Jul 2025
SCI Hosts Webinar at the 2025 United Nations High-Level Political Forum Side Event
Guest Speakers
Dr. Dieudonné Nimubona Rukundo
Chief Executive Officer, NIRUDI Company, Partner of VET to Stop Deforestation Project
Elena Castrillo Romón
International Relations Office for Vocational Training and Employment Exchange
Elvis Ndikum Achiri
Cofounder and President, Global Youth Strategy on Air Pollution and Climate Health
Mikael Melin
Head of People Centred Programmes, Sustainable Energy for All
Solar Cookers International’s HLPF virtual side event highlighted solar cooking as a practical solution that supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Featuring speakers from A... Read more
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19 Mar 2025 | Virtual
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69)
Guest Speakers
Anisa Abibulloeva
Project Coordinator, Little Earth, Tajikistan
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
Naimat Chopra
Advocacy Officer, Energia WEE, Netherlands
Niang Korotimi Touré
Water and Forest Engineer, specialist in Innovation Development and Societies, Mali Gender Expert
Sara Rosen
Program and Operations Manager
Seydou Coulibaly
Director and Researcher, Togo Tilé, Mali
Solar Cookers International’s CSW69 Virtual Parallel Event explores how solar cooking supports women and girls through cleaner, safer, and more affordable cooking solutions. Featuring speakers f... Read more
22 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Solar Cooking – A Pathway to Emissions Prevention and Climate Crisis Mitigation
Guest Speakers
Alan Bigelow, Ph.D.
SCI Program and Science Director
Dorcas Naishorua
Miss Climate Kenya
Dr. Stephane Villatte
SCI Program Office
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
Sara Rosen
Program and Operations Manager
Solar Cookers International’s COP29 side event at the Cryosphere Pavilion explored how solar cooking can reduce emissions, mitigate climate change, and expand sustainable cooking access. F... Read more
21 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
A short film on Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya’ – SCI Video Screening and Q&A Event
Guest Speakers
Alan Bigelow, Ph.D.
SCI Program and Science Director
Dr. Stephane Villatte
SCI Program Office
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
At COP29’s Humanitarian Hub, Solar Cookers International highlighted how solar box ovens in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp help address fuel shortages while improving health, reducing emi... Read more
21 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Solar Cooking at Kakuma: A Kenyan Case Study
Guest Speakers
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
Rosemary Atieno
Community Mobilization for Positive Empowerment (COMPE) Founder/CEO
Solar Cookers International highlighted solar cooking’s impact in Kenya’s Kakuma community. SCI and COMPE discussed how the technology can reduce deforestation and respiratory illness, expand inc... Read more
19 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Cooking with the Sun: A New Clean Cooking Collaboration with the United Nations
Guest Speakers
Fred Onduri
Chair of the Advisory Board at CTCN
Keith Wingeard
SCI Strategic Partnerships Manager
Seydou Coulibaly
Director and Researcher, Togo Tilé, Mali
Solar Cookers International and the UN Climate Technology Centre and Network introduced solar cooking pilot projects for communities in the Central African Republic and Mali.... Read more
18 Nov 2024 | Baku, Azerbaijan
SCI Showcases Solar Clean Cooking for a Net-Zero World at COP29
Guest Speakers
Alan Bigelow, Ph.D.
SCI Program and Science Director
At COP29, Solar Cookers International joined the Carbon Markets Association of India and International Solar Alliance to explore solar clean cooking’s role in achieving net-zero g... Read more
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