Energy policy and strategy is pursued by the State Secretariat for Energy, with the help of bilateral and multilateral donors.
Currently, the main source of energy in Guinea-Bissau comes from forest resources. With a relatively high population growth rate (2% nationally and 4% in the capital city of Bissau), forest resources such as timber are not a sustainable energy source. Currently, 90% of the population relies on fuelwood as its primary source of energy, and government policies have centered on public education programs covering sustainable energy consumption to reduce pressure on forest resources. A sub-regional project for the generation of hydro-electricity production on the Gambia River was implemented in 2010 by the FAO, and a future coal production project is envisaged by the same organization.
Guinea-Bissau- Country Profile Implementation of Agenda 21: Review of Progress made since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992
The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, which took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 10 to 14 December 2012.
The Contracting Parties of the Nairobi Convention -among which there are SIDS, i.e., Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles- , the Intergovernmental organisations and...
This regional project covers: Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Grenada, St. Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago. The project will build capacity to reduce GHG emissions in the commercial and residential buildings including appliances, demonstrate technologies to achieve reductions of 20% of GHG emissions and put in place policies or programs to roll out these technologies to the marketplace.
The project consists of six components:
1. Establish an Assessment and Monitoring System for Energy...
26 March 2013: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released the March 2013 edition of its Pacific Economic Monitor (PEM), which includes four energy themed articles. The articles focus on Pacific efforts to achieve energy security and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
The articles in the March PEM include: an overview from the New Zealand Aid Programme on Pacific energy security challenges; a profile of energy consumption and future energy demand in Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the...
