Forrest Robinette
Senior Associate, Climate & Environment, Clean Cooking Alliance
Forrest Robinette is the Senior Climate & Environment Associate for the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). Prior to joining CCA, Forrest worked as a research associate at Duke University, examining the linkages between energy access and gender equality. He also worked as a public information intern at the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, Switzerland. Before beginning his graduate degree, Forrest served as a Teach For America corps member and spent two years teaching high school math and English in Louisiana. Forrest holds a Master of Public Policy from Duke University and a B.A. in English literature from Trinity College.
Day 0
October 10
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Day 1
October 11
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Day 2
October 12
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Breakout Room A
Turning Clean Cooking Commitments Into Action to Achieve Climate Goals
Project Drawdown, which analyzes scenarios to avert catastrophic climate change, ranks clean cooking as the sixth most impactful climate solution in a list of nearly one hundred of the most effective climate mitigation strategies to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. And yet, clean cooking is one of the most underfunded climate and development solutions in the world. The time has come for the clean cooking sector to claim its place at the table and own its indispensable role in the fight against climate change.
Many countries have already taken notice that fighting climate change means advancing clean cooking access. A total of 67 nations include household energy or clean cooking-related goals in their NDCs. But we must transform these commitments into action. Countries need the support, the expertise, and, above all, the money to rapidly scale up clean cooking access and deliver the tremendous climate benefits that come with it.
This session will focus on country-level efforts to achieve climate goals through clean cooking and the need for a massive infusion of funding from diverse sources to realize these untapped climate wins.
Speakers
Forrest Robinette
Senior Associate, Climate & Environment, Clean Cooking Alliance
Justine Akumu
Senior Energy Officer, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Fredrick Amariati
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, GIZ Kenya
Daniel Tutu Benefoh
Ag Director, Climate Change Unit, Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana
Sandra Cavalieri
Coordinator, Sector Hubs, Climate & Clean Air Coalition
Day 3
October 13
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Day 4
October 14
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
Sessions by Forrest Robinette
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Breakout Room A
Turning Clean Cooking Commitments Into Action to Achieve Climate Goals
Project Drawdown, which analyzes scenarios to avert catastrophic climate change, ranks clean cooking as the sixth most impactful climate solution in a list of nearly one hundred of the most effective climate mitigation strategies to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C. And yet, clean cooking is one of the most underfunded climate and development solutions in the world. The time has come for the clean cooking sector to claim its place at the table and own its indispensable role in the fight against climate change.
Many countries have already taken notice that fighting climate change means advancing clean cooking access. A total of 67 nations include household energy or clean cooking-related goals in their NDCs. But we must transform these commitments into action. Countries need the support, the expertise, and, above all, the money to rapidly scale up clean cooking access and deliver the tremendous climate benefits that come with it.
This session will focus on country-level efforts to achieve climate goals through clean cooking and the need for a massive infusion of funding from diverse sources to realize these untapped climate wins.
Speakers
Forrest Robinette
Senior Associate, Climate & Environment, Clean Cooking Alliance
Justine Akumu
Senior Energy Officer, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Uganda
Fredrick Amariati
Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor, GIZ Kenya
Daniel Tutu Benefoh
Ag Director, Climate Change Unit, Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana
Sandra Cavalieri
Coordinator, Sector Hubs, Climate & Clean Air Coalition