Energy solutions with both humanitarian and development pay-offs

Abstract

The normal approach to energy delivery during refugee crises tends to lock in reliance on dirty, dangerous and expensive fuels. Sustainable energy solutions require a long-term planning framework. There are opportunities to align the energy resilience and access goals of host nations with the greening of humanitarian operations and objectives for refugee self-reliance.

Keywords

• refugee
• IDP
• stateless
• internal displacement
• forced migration
• migration
• development
• emergency
• transition
• solutions
• self-reliance