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Energy Justice! demands energy sovereignty and a well-informed deliberation of decision-making processes concern ing energy production and consumption.

This implies a democratisation of energy security strategies through public participation.

This is based on a intelligent and equal decentra l izat ion of energy production. This entails a fair distribution of energy products based on a decentalised energy system.

The democratisation of the energy market and a just distribution of resources, enable citizens to deliberate and take action to finance their own clean energy solutions, technologies and strategies.

This needs to include legislative and regulatory frameworks that enhances the empowerment of the people to build energy security strategies from a bottom-up perspective.

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Energy Justice!

• An inclusive and well-informed deliberation of decision-making processes concerning energy production and consumption.

• Democratisation of energy security strategies.

• Decentralization of energy production and consumption.

• A fair and equal distribution of resources based on a decentralised and intelligent energy system.

The injustice of indoor air pollution

According to WHO 800.000 deaths per year are due to ambient air pollution and further 1.5 million deaths due to indoor air pollution - there are no indication that these numbers are declining during the coming years.

More than three billion people still burn wood, dung, coal and other traditional fuels inside their homes. The resulting indoor air pollution is responsible for more millions of deaths a year – mostly of young children and their mothers. Millions more suffer every day with difficulty in breathing, stinging eyes and chronic respiratory disease. Moreover, indoor air pollution and inefficient household energy practices is a significant obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs).

Effective solutions exist and the economic case for taking practical solutions to scale up pilot interventions is just as strong as the humanitarian case. Making cleaner fuels and improved stoves available to millions of poor people in developing countries will reduce child mortality and improve women's health. In addition to the health gains, household energy programmes can help lift families out of poverty and accelerate development progress.

The impact of air pollution on public health are measured not only in terms of sickness and death, but also in terms of lost productivities and missed educational and other social and economical development opportunities. Thus, degradation of air quality not only hinders economic growth by imposing significant additional operation costs on business, industry, households and public services – it also means that the quality of life in theses affected cities is spiralling downwards.

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Although the problem involves multiple stakeholders and multiple levels of governance, it is possible to set up economic, social and other incentives that would set the wheels in motion for action at all levels.

Individuals need to view their long-term health as an important investment when making decisions to purchase household energy systems. Education and information dissemination on the public health risk associated with indoor environment is essential. Policy-makers must be well-informed of such risks to make useful public health decisions. Likewise, individuals must understand both the health consequences of brown agenda, and some simple and feasible intervention to improve indoor air pollution.

The Energy Justice! advocacy campaign focuses on neglected issues in the agenda of energy production and consumption. This includes bioenergy consumption and production.

The overall goal is to underline the ethics behind energy production and consumption in the Global South. More than 90% of the biomass used in developing countries still uses archaic systems that only produce the flame.

To make the transition from flames to electricity is at the core of Energy Ethics’ endeavours, and already taking shape through our partners in Uganda.

Squeeze the Flame: Vocational Youth Training in Kisekka, Uganda

Project Objectives

1. To promote the socio-economic status of 100 unemployed and vulnerable youth and their families in Kisekka Sub County by the end of 2010.

2. To contribute to environmental protection by reducing fuel-wood consumption in Kisekka Sub County by the end of 2010.

3. To shift fuel-wood consumption to electricity generation4. To contribute towards a reduction in the incidence of Acute

Respiratory Infections among the population of Kisekka sub County by the end of 2010.

The project ‘Squeeze the Flame: Vocational Youth Training in Kisekka, Uganda’ has a human-right approach to alleviate energy poverty and health diseases related to indoor air pollution.

The project builds upon the experience of a pilot project implemented with the support of 30 Women in Nyehanga Parish, Mbarara District. In this project was possible to acquire knowledge and skills in the production and sale of energy saving stoves through community mobilization to promote its adoption by the larger community.

The proposed project seeks to replicate this technology to 100 youth in Kisekka Sub County in Masaka District, Central Uganda. However, this time we will adapt some of the cook stoves to a thermoelectric generator and a battery to produce and store electricity.

The project overall objective is to phase out rudimentary bioenergy consumption and to adapt small-scale bioenergy technologies for the production of heat and electricity in selected communities.

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The Ugandan ProjectStrategy of the District environmental and Development Plan

i) Mobilizing local government and communities to form environment management structures and resource user committees and sensitization of the communities on sound environment management and use of natural resources;

ii) Building and strengthening capacity at all levels for ENR Action Planning, Mainstreaming and Implementation.

iii) Establishment of community nurseries and woodlots and encouraging farmers to institutionalize tree planting and agro-forestry;

iv) Promoting use of energy saving devices and thermoelectric generators

Expected Outcomes

It is expected that by the end of the project (12 months), over 1500 stoves (15 per student) would have been built and sold across the five parishes. There will be improved knowledge of 100 youth in energy stove construction. Compared with baseline assessment, the project seeks to increase monthly incomes by 50%.

Indoor air pollution will be also reduced compare to the baseline.

To test in a few unites the integration of a thermoelectric generators - (Expected Research Outcomes):

- To verify if cook stoves that produce electricity avoids the use of diesel generators

- To measure socio-economic costs and cultural impact

Energy Justice!

• An inclusive and well-informed deliberation of decision-making processes concerning energy production and consumption.

• Democratisation of energy security strategies.

• Decentralization of energy production and consumption.

• A just and equal distribution of resources based on a decentralised and intelligent energy system.

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