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Must we choose between Levelling-Up and Net Zero?

3 February 2022 Tax reform and Green universal basic services could help both level-up the country and build a more sustainable, ...

Decentralised Solar Power and the Challenge of Defining Transformative Entrepreneurship

Climate Emergency Energy

12 May 2021 The decentralised PAYG solar business model encapsulates many of the conceptual challenges encounter...

Co-designing solutions to Lebanon’s energy crisis

RELIEF Energy Middle East

On 4 August 2020, a massive explosion at Beirut’s port killed at least 200 people and caused up to $15bn in damage to buildings and infra...

Citizens Assembly on Electricity and Energy justice in Lebanon concludes pilot despite difficult circumstances

RELIEF Energy Middle East

Over the past two weeks, members of a Citizens Assembly in Lebanon have concluded work deliberating energy justice, and making key decisi...

A necessary Mission: The Citizen’s Assembly on Electricity in Lebanon

RELIEF Energy Middle East

The RELIEF Centre is launching a citizens' assembly on Energy on 23rd October 2020The recent devastating explosio...

When it comes to Green Buildings, the solutions are ready to go

Climate Emergency Energy Europe

The government has announced a £3bn stimulus for green buildings and for improving the energy efficiency of public buildings. At a time w...

"We are being suffocated by fossil fuel emissions on a daily basis"

Climate Emergency Energy

Recent research shows that Lebanon could witness an increase of 1.2 to 3.2 degrees in temperatures in areas that are already very arid an...

Culture, collaboration and cities: reflections on the Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019

‘Cities occupy just 3% of the Earth’s land but account for 60 to 80% of energy consumption and at least 70% of carbon emissions’, Profess...

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Assessing Vulnerabilities in Mar Mikhael (Post Beirut Blast)

RELIEF PROCOL Lebanon Energy Food Mass Displacement Public Services Infrastructure Middle East

The RELIEF Centre and Catalytic Action have been working together to Assess Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast ...

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Citizens' Assembly on Energy in Lebanon

PROCOL Lebanon Energy

In October the RELIEF Centre convened a Citizens' Assembly on Energy in Lebanon. Residents of Hamra, Beirut gathered to deliberate energy...

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Decentralised renewable energy: a pathway to prosperity for Lebanon?

This chapter reviews the current state of play on energy and prosperity in Lebanon. The focus is on opportunities for decentralised renew...

A pilot Citizens' Assembly on Electricity and Energy Justice in Hamra, Lebanon

The Citizens’ Assembly Pilot (CA) on energy justice and electricity was a conceptual and a methodological experiment conducted over five ...

Transitions to renewable energy and sustainable prosperity in Lebanon: Why democratic infrastructure supports innovative energy projects in Lebanon

In September 2019, the RELIEF Centre and the Institute for Global Prosperity partnered with Chatham House for the second in a series of w...

Transitions to renewable energy and sustainable prosperity in Lebanon: A people centred approach to equitable energy supply

RELIEF Energy Middle East

In January 2019, the RELIEF Centre and the Institute for Global Prosperity partnered with Chatham House for the workshop Transitions ...

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