Upcoming and past high-impact solar cooking events
organized or supported by SCI
2022 SCI Board Meetings
12 March 2022
25 June 2022
10 September 2022
17 December 2022
Sacramento, California USA
COP26 | United Nations Climate Change Conference
(Conference of the Parties, UNFCCC)
31 October 2021 - 12 November 2021
Glasgow, United Kingdom
To learn how to sponsor SCI's advocacy at COP 26, click here
Click here to read SCI's Press Release.
SCI Press Conferences (all 10:15-10:45 am GMT) at the Durdle Door in the Blue Zone
- Wednesday, 3 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Dymphna van der Lans, CEO of the Clean Cooking Alliance.
- Thursday, 4 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Karina Larsen, Global Manager for Knowledge, Communications & Gender/Youth Issues at the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre & Network.
- Friday, 5 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Amanda McKee, Head of Knowledge Management at the NDC Partnership.
- Tuesday, 9 Nov. Special guest speakers include Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Advisor for Innovative Energy Solutions at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Jacquelyn Francis, Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) and the Keeling Curve Prize, and Chad Frischmann, Vice President & Research Director at Project Drawdown.
- Wednesday, 10 Nov. Special guest speaker includes Rana Adib, Executive Director of REN 21.
- Thursday, 11 Nov
SCI Side Event (events are listed in local time -GMT)
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Wednesday, 3 Nov 18:30. Watch livestream on U.S Center YouTube page (www.youtube.com/user/theuscenter) and U.S Center website (www.state.gov/climate-crisis/cop-26). Special guest speakers include Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, SCI Global Advisor, Jacquelyn Francis, Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) and the Keeling Curve Prize, and Rocky Dawuni, UN Goodwill Ambassador and Grammy nominee.
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Monday, 8 Nov 16:45 - 18:00 at Strangford Lough with the Women and Gender Constituency.
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Thursday, 11 Nov 11:30 – 12:30 at the Cryosphere Pavillion. The event will be livestreamed on the following social media pages:
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SCI Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SolarCookers
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Cryosphere Facebook page: www.facebook.com/COP26CryospherePavilion
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Cryosphere YouTube page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_TPYUAyh13kVbQjzVKh0g
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Cryosphere Twitch page: www.twitch.tv/cop26cryospherepavilion
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International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) page: www.youtube.com/channel/UCXpj1q59mrsT5cOuyagk97Q
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Thursday, 11 Nov 13:00 - 14:00 at the World Health Organization Pavilion. Special guest speakers include Rob Bailis, Senior Scientist at Stockholm Environment Institute, Dr. Peg Barratt, professor of Applied Social Psychology at George Washington University, and Kendra Williams, Technical Officer at the World Health Organization. To register for this free virtual event, visit https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_euSsKHePSLG7CBvyX6P27Q.
SCI will also have a virtual exhibit that will be accessible to the public throughout the conference. Click here for updates.
The SCI team will include:
- Caitlyn Hughes– SCI’s executive director who is a global leader in the areas of solar cooking advocacy, education, research, and networking.
- Mike Paparian – @ClimateDispatch - SCI board member and an environmental finance and policy specialist who has held key positions in and out of California state government.
- Alan Bigelow, Ph.D. – SCI’s science director and a leading expert on solar cooking from design, to testing, to production, to training and scaling up.
- Rob Tyrrell – SCI United Nations representative with expertise in teaching, marketing, and spreading solar cooking.
2021 SCI Board Meetings
13 March 2021
5 June 2021
28 August 2021
11 December 2021
Sacramento, California USA
United Nations NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Forum 65
The Commission on the Status of Women is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. We are thankful to be able to utilize SCI's connections with the United Nations to amplify your voice and support for solar cooking to such a wide audience.
There was so much interest in the CSW event that the maximum capacity on the registration platform has been reached. If you have already registered as an advocate through the CSW platform, you will still be able to join us there (please make sure you register for SCI's specific event as well). If you did not already register through the CSW platform, please join us on SCI's Facebook page www.facebook.com/SolarCookers where we will try to simultaneously broadcast our event at that time. Please follow Solar Cookers International on Facebook if you haven't already. We will also try to share the recording widely afterward. Thank you.
Special guest speakers include:
- Jessica Lewis, World Health Organization
- Dr. Peg Barratt, SCI Board Member
- Rose Bazile, SCI Global Advisor
- Rocío Maldonado, SCI Global Advisor
- Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, SCI Global Advisor
- Ernestina Williams, SCI Representative to the United Nations
This event is being dedicated in memory of the devoted solar cooking advocate Dar Curtis. If you would like to make a gift in honor of Dar’s commitment to solar cooking please click here and type his name in the dedication section. Thank you.
This event is being dedicated in memory of the devoted solar cooking advocate Dar Curtis. The photos show Mr. Dar Curtis (left) and the women in Tanzania he helped support with Solar Cookers International. If you would like to make a gift in honor of Dar’s commitment to solar cooking please click here and type his name in the dedication section. Thank you.
Photo credit right: Macedonia Ministry