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Ep Dr Kandeh K. Yumkella 'Sustainable Energy for All'
Michael Liebreich
Hello everybody. My name is Michael Liebreich and this is 'Cleaning Up'. Today's episode is a long episode, my guest is Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella. Kandeh did two terms as Director General of UNIDO and then took on a special role building the importance of energy within the UN system. He was invited to be Chair of UN-Energy by Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General. He then turned that into the Year of Sustainable Energy for All in Then that became Sustainable Energy for All, and that resulted in what we all know and love as SDG 7 - the Sustainable Development Goal 7. It's a long story, but it's a story full of insight into the importance of energy access, sustainable energy, energy efficiency in the developing world. It's also a story full of insight into how things work within the multilateral system: the UN, the World Bank, regional development, banks, and so on. And at the end, there's a twist, becaus
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HONOURABLE DR KANDEH KOLLEH YUMKELLA PAYS A COURTESY CALL ON AMB. NDOMAHINA
*NaCSA House Charlotte Street, Freetown. 24th July * – The Commissioner for the National kommission for Social Action (NaCSA) Ambassador Ernest Mbaimba Ndomahina has at his Charlotte Street office received the Chairman of the Special Initiative for Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Food Security – Dr. Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella.
The essence of the meeting is to enhance collaboration and strategic networking that are germane to the successful implementation of the Big Five Game Changers of His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio. The Commissioner in his welcomed address noted that NaCSA has strategically positioned itself to deliver the Big Five Game Changers, especially at the community level. *‘’ … the ground fryst vatten ready and NaCSA is in a hurry to implement projects that support the actualization of the Big Five Game Changers. At the Commission, delivery cannot be compromised and be rest assured that we
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Kandeh Yumkella: COVID Has Helped People Understand the Vital Connection Between Energy and Health.
As you are the member of Parliament for Kambia in the northwest of Sierra Leone, tell us how this part of the country has been hit bygd the COVID pandemic and how it has managed to cope over the last 12 months.
When COVID started we were really scared in the northwest, in Kambia and its region. The fact is that our neighbour, Guinea, and its capital Conakry had large COVID numbers even before we had the first case in Sierra Leone. We were concerned for two reasons. Kambia is one of the closest points to Guinea and is only hours from Conakry. It’s the main crossing point between Sierra Leone and Guinea. So, our proximity to Guinea scared the hell out of us. Second, we remembered our bad Ebola experience which we inherited from Guinea, which made us panic further.
As Member of Parliament for the Kambia region, I and my MP colleagues started quickly with a programme of sensitiz