Carine Buma
Professional Officer, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI
Carine Buma is a Professional Officer at ICLEI Africa, passionate about a just and inclusive energy transition for the underserved. Carine has over 4 years of energy and climate experience, working with multiple sub-national governments in Africa and supporting them to spearhead innovative approaches in developing and implementing inclusive climate and sustainable energy access strategies. She holds a B.Eng in Petroleum Engineering from the Catholic University of Cameroon, and an Msc. in Physics from the University of Fort Hare, South Africa (with research focus on solar photovoltaic systems).
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Carine Buma
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Carine Buma
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Carine Buma
1:45 pm-2:45 pm
Breakout Room B
Changemakers of Today: Youth Advancing Sustainable Action
The role and influence of youth in climate, energy, and development efforts has grown in recent years. Youth have a vital role in achieving universal access to clean cooking, contributing to the cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future that young people need to thrive. Ninety percent of the world’s 1.8 billion youth live in developing countries where 2.4 billion people still rely on polluting fuels and stoves to cook their food. The negative impact of traditional cooking on young people is substantial, both in terms of the size of the youth population affected and the cross-cutting nature of the adverse impacts on youth.
This session will be comprised of youth who are leading on clean cooking and sustainable energy to demonstrate why equitable decision-making with the inclusion of young people in the clean cooking sector is essential for sustainable progress. The panel discussion will showcase what young entrepreneurs and innovators are doing to tackle clean cooking challenges and what support youth leaders need to scale their efforts.
Speakers
Carine Buma
Professional Officer, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI
Kakembo Galabuzi
Founder, Weye Clean Energy; Board of Directors, Student Energy
Ben Odongo
Youth Fellow in Energy, UpEnergy and Climate Champions
Patience Alifo
Co-Founder, Econexus Ventures
Richard Matey
Director, Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities
Samira Saidi
Investment Manager and E&S Lead, BIX Capital
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Carine Buma
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Carine Buma
Sessions by Carine Buma
Sessions by Carine Buma
Sessions by Carine Buma
1:45 pm-2:45 pm
Breakout Room B
Changemakers of Today: Youth Advancing Sustainable Action
The role and influence of youth in climate, energy, and development efforts has grown in recent years. Youth have a vital role in achieving universal access to clean cooking, contributing to the cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable future that young people need to thrive. Ninety percent of the world’s 1.8 billion youth live in developing countries where 2.4 billion people still rely on polluting fuels and stoves to cook their food. The negative impact of traditional cooking on young people is substantial, both in terms of the size of the youth population affected and the cross-cutting nature of the adverse impacts on youth.
This session will be comprised of youth who are leading on clean cooking and sustainable energy to demonstrate why equitable decision-making with the inclusion of young people in the clean cooking sector is essential for sustainable progress. The panel discussion will showcase what young entrepreneurs and innovators are doing to tackle clean cooking challenges and what support youth leaders need to scale their efforts.
Speakers
Carine Buma
Professional Officer, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, ICLEI
Kakembo Galabuzi
Founder, Weye Clean Energy; Board of Directors, Student Energy
Ben Odongo
Youth Fellow in Energy, UpEnergy and Climate Champions
Patience Alifo
Co-Founder, Econexus Ventures
Richard Matey
Director, Alliance for Empowering Rural Communities
Samira Saidi
Investment Manager and E&S Lead, BIX Capital