Energy planning in low- and middle-income countries is increasingly shaped by international partnerships that provide modelling tools, analytical support, financing, and policy advice.
The Mukuru Exploratory Scenario Planning (Mukuru XSP) aspires to co-develop a new framework with the community, one that transforms how we understand and manage climate mobility in informal settlements. We believe that resilience is not something a community should have to engineer alone, but it requires collective action, forward-thinking policy and a commitment to honouring the lived experiences of those on the frontlines of climate change.
The project contributes to advancing equitable energy transitions in informal settlements through validating preliminary findings, illustrating in an accessible way the complex interconnections, collecting stakeholder input to refine understanding of causal effects, introducing practical systems concepts to help recognize and find solutions to systemic patterns, and strengthening collaborative relationships between communities, utilities, and policymakers.
This project aims to address this gap by interrogating international energy modelling collaborations in Kenya and their policy influence and providing practical recommendations for making modelling partnerships more responsive.
project details Integration of Centralised and Decentralised Energy Systems in Kenya: a Political Economy Analysis Research Area Urban Development Project Status Ongoing Start Date Nov, 2025 Project Team Dr. Elsie
About one billion people in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) still cook with polluting biomass fuels and technologies such as charcoal and firewood burned in rudimentary stoves.
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