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Strategies to empower

In October 2019, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched its Global Strategy for Sustainable Energy. The strategy aims to support refugees, their host communities and other actors to meet their energy needs safely, affordably and sustainably. Nature Energy spoke to Andrew Harper, Director of Programmes at UNHCR, to find out more about how UNHCR see energy within the context of humanitarian response.

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Dean, N. Strategies to empower. Nat Energy 4, 1003–1005 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0521-0

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