CELEP

Coalition of European lobbies for Eastern African pastoralism

Making green energy safe for pastoralists

One of the authors of the study on Pastoralism-and-large-scale-REnewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-projects, Hussein Wario, Director of the Centre for Research & Development in Drylands (CRDD) in northern Kenya, gave his perspective on the study findings in a blog for Project Syndicate “Making green energy safe for pastoralists“ – also available in Spanish (Que la energiá verde sea segura para los pastores), French (Rendre l’énergie verte plus sûre pour les communautés pastorales) and German (Wie erneuerbare Energien und traditionelle Weidewirtschaft einhergehen können).

In March 2023, Hussein also published an article The global rush for green energy shouldn’t undermine rights of pastoralist communities” in the German-based international journal for rural development Rural 21: 57(1): 33-35.

Posted on 22 March 2023 in Pastoralism & Climate Change, Pastoralism & Extractives, Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure, Pastoralist Livelihoods & Nutrition

CELEP is managed by an elected European Focal Point, currently at VSF-Belgium, an Eastern African Focal Point, currently at RECONCILE, Kenya, and a Core Group. The 2022-2023 Core Group is composed of the European members Agrecol Association (Germany), International Institute for Environment and Development (UK) and VSF-Belgium; the Eastern African partners DADO Uganda, Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia, PENHA Somali and RECONCILE Kenya; and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).