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Energy and Services in Informal Settlements

How cities can extend safe, affordable energy and basic services to informal settlements, with lessons from Uganda.

Category: Disaster Risk Reduction | Urban Development

3–4 hoursAdvanced3 steps

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What you'll learn

  • Identify policy and electricity-supply conditions that support sustained electric cooking in Uganda’s informal settlements.
  • Recognise approaches to making the building sector more sustainable.
  • Explain the role of cities and municipal preparedness in managing flood risk.

Course content

3 steps • 3–4 hours total
Policy Roadmap for Enhancing Availability of Electricity Suitable for Sustained Use of eCooking In Informal Settlements in UgandaReport • ICLEI Africa

Open resource: Policy Roadmap for Enhancing Availability of Electricity Suitable for Sustained Use of eCooking In Informal Settlements in Uganda

Why this step: Explore this resource and consider how it could inform your local planning.

Towards a more sustainable building sectorOther publication • Connective Cities Network

Open resource: Towards a more sustainable building sector

Why this step: Explore this resource and consider how it could inform your local planning.

African Climate Summit 2023 - Flood Risk Management, the essential role of cities and importance of municipal preparednessOther publication • Connective Cities Network

Open resource: African Climate Summit 2023 - Flood Risk Management, the essential role of cities and importance of municipal preparedness

Why this step: Explore this resource and consider how it could inform your local planning.