Clean Energy for Healthy Environment and Lives

The project is funded by the Commonwealth Government’s International Climate Change Engagement Program and supported by the Australian National University, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Charles Darwin University, University of Sydney, HEAL (Healthy Environment and Lives), Menzies School of Health Research, CRE-STRIDE and Clean Air Asia.

Two-year project currently underway (2021-2023)

We will work with rural and remote communities in Central Australia and South India to identify barriers and promote the use of solar energy. We will yarn with communities to collect and communicate examples of clean energy projects already operating in rural and remote communities; identify barriers and enablers for increased adoption of clean domestic energy solutions; co-design in ways to communicate their health, environmental, and economic benefits in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities; and enhance collaboration on clean energy solutions between these communities in Australia and India.

The project will run over two years. In that time, consultation with communities and businesses about their knowledge of clean energy and co-design ways of promotion, such as through local artwork and school competitions. The project team will also promote knowledge exchange and communication between communities, businesses, health practitioners, non-governmental organisations, researchers and other local stakeholders to promote business opportunities, and strengthen research and development and cooperation in the clean energy sector.

More information on this project is available on the HEAL Network website.