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The loan supports the expansion of biogas technology to smallholder farmers in East Africa Sistema.bio is the leading international supplier of biogas technology to smallholder farmers. It has raised funding from impact investor Triodos Investment Management through its Hivos-Triodos Fund. The loan will help Sistema.bio reach over 200,000 farmers in the next three years around […]

Getting ready for a revolution Fabby Tumiwa, long-term Hivos partner in Indonesia, has a message: “We should be ready for a revolution.” According to Fabby, we rely too much on big energy companies and their fossil fuels, even though we don’t have to. “If you look at renewable energy, anyone, every house, can produce electricity.” Fabby is […]

Opinion by Merit Hindriks At a time when deniers of climate change call it fake news, climate activists call for more rigorous action, and high-level policymakers battle over “who pays”, it is journalists who try to make sense of it all. Their difficult mission is instrumental in our understanding of climate change and its effect […]

2018 marks 50 years since the founding of Hivos. We have spent the last five decades working to build a world that guarantees freedom, diversity and equal opportunities for all. A world where people have access to sustainably produced food and that uses renewable and socially inclusive energy systems. Since 1968, we have joined hands […]

“Zimbabwe is open for business!” The catchy slogan of the new Zimbabwean government is clear and inviting. When international business invitees travel from the airport to the capital Harare, they will be positively impressed by the innovative solar-powered streetlamps along the airport road. But continuing further, they will soon realize that this bright entrance is […]

The 24th edition of the Climate conference, known as COP24 is about to start. From 2 to 14 December, World leaders, international institutions, private sector, climate groups and other civil society organizations will gather in Katowice, Poland, to discuss global ambitions to protect the climate and define adaptation and mitigation measures to protect the most […]

Amidst preparations for upcoming climate negotiations at CoP24, two important reports were launched this week that can highly influence the debate. The first, the World Energy Outlook 2018, examines the future patterns of global energy systems, its dependence on geopolitics and its impact on e.g. air pollution and energy access. The second, Energizing Finance, investigates […]

On the sideline of Hivos intervention at the OGP Meeting, we managed to pull Vino Lucero (PCIJ) briefly out of the sessions and talk to him for a little while.