1. Renewable Energy to Eliminate Energy Poverty and Mitigate a Climate Catastrophe Stalactites of soot from an indoor cook stove Name____________ Peace Corps______ Date______________

2. Module A 1. Challenges: Energy Poverty & Rapid Climate Change 2. Solution: Renewable Energy Module B 1. Steps to developing a renewable energy project Module C 1. Examples of Successful Renewable Energy Projects Agenda

3. Challenges photo by PowerMundo

4. Rapid Climate Change Whiteearth.org

5. Energy Access & A Climate Catastrophe http://www.masterresource.org/2009/12/electricity-for-the-poor-what-they-really-ought-to-focus-on-in-copenhagen/ 1.4 Billion People Without Electricity* & 3 Billion Cooking on Biomass** *http://www.iea.org/weo/electricity.asp, **http://cleancookstoves.orghttp://www.iea.org/weo/electricity.asphttp://cleancookstoves.org Consider Impacts of More Energy from Fossil Fuel or Renewable Energy

6. "Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperature since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic [human-caused] greenhouse gas concentrations," the IPCC 207 4 th Assessment Report “Hundreds of climate experts and government representatives from 113 countries labored …to reach unanimous agreement on the wording of each sentence in the 20-page summary for policymakers.” Humans and Climate Change http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-global-warming.html/ “Very likely” translates to 90% probability* Humans “very likely” responsible for climate change Discuss: What are the reasons that people contest the science?

7. * photo: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect16/Sect16_1.html, photo: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect16/Sect16_1.html Survival - Extinctions Happen About health & survival for people, life, & ecosystems ‘Earth will be just fine…..its the life on earth that may suffer’

8. Energy Poverty: “The lack of adequate, accessible and affordable energy to promote economic growth and satisfy basic human needs* Energy Poverty & Development **http://www.ofid.org/publications/PDF/EN_Energy_Poverty.pdf / ** Ambuj D. Sagar "Alleviating Energy Poverty for the World's Poor“ Journal Article, Energy Policy, volume 33, issue 11, pages 1367-1372Ambuj D. Sagar Energy Policy “Improving energy services for poor households in developing countries remains one of the most pressing challenges facing the development community.”**

9. Number of people without access to electricity *earthtrends.wri.org/text/energy-resources/variable-1379.html Data not found for Suriname Guyana http://www.estandardsforum.org/system/briefs/262/original/brief-Guyana.pdf?1254987843

10. Number of people cooking with biomass Data not found for Suriname Guyana www.ehponline.org/docs/2006/8603/abstract.html

11. Electrification in Peace Corps Communities * Taken from Peace Corps Regional offices response to survey Jan 2011 CountryElectrification* Costa Rica99% Peru95% Nicaragua95% Suriname90% Dominican Republic 89% rural / 99% urban Panama60%

12. Personal Impacts of Energy Poverty Story Corps Activity

13. Energy Poverty

14. Impacts of Energy Poverty Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social) Impacts Activity

15. Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social) - Increased deforestation rates - Indoor Air Pollution - Dirty living environment - Disease, illness and death - Less time at night to study - Unable to see hazards (wild animals, criminals) - Lack of access to modern health services vaccines - Leads to migration to cities - exacerbates gender inequality - no access to information technology - less work hours - no access to electrical tools - decrease in agriculture yields - decrease in worker productivity - correlation to poverty Impacts of Energy Poverty

16. 354 MW Luz SEGS Built 1984-1991 A Solution: Renewable Energy photo- http://www.ashdenawards.org/winners/TECNOSOL10 photo by PowerMundo

17. Benefits of Renewable Energy in Developing Countries Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social) Benefits Activity

18. Potential Benefits of Renewable Energy Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social) - Decreased CO2 emissions - Decreased deforestation rates - Climate Change prevention - Population stabilization - Reduce fossil fuel resource conflicts or wars - Promote equal opportunities - Improve educational opportunities - Reduced illness and accidents from fossil fuels - Illumination for Safety - Urban to rural migration - New jobs, more jobs - New industries - Energy cost savings - Greater wage potential - Increased worker productivity - Energy Security - More working hours - Improve existing businesses

19. Additional Slides

20. Potential Impacts of Rapid Climate Change (Will Vary) Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social) Impacts Activity

21. Potential Impacts of Rapid Climate Change (will vary) - Increase in agricultural cost and risk - Increase water and food costs - Increase in property damage and loses - Increase health cost - Higher energy cost (more AC) - Infrastructure cost - Decrease in ecotourism - Soil degradation - Rising seas, lakes, oceans - Increase of natural disaster intensity - Extreme weather - Floods - Ocean Acidification - Increase in weeds, pests, pathogens - Decrease in Biodiversity - Population migration - Wars for Resources and land - Increase morbidity and mortality - exacerbate inequalities within countries* - Food shortages, hunger Deminish Natural Capital Source: United Nations Development Programme, 'Fighting climate change—human solidarity in a divided world', Human Development Report 2007–08, UNDP, 2008, p. 8.http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_summary_english.pdf.http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/hdr_20072008_summary_english.pdf Planet (Environmental) Profit (Economic) People (Social)