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CLASP is coordinating the Clean Lighting Coalition (CLiC), a global partnership leveraging expert knowledge and clean lighting stakeholders to transition the world to safe, cost-effective, and energy-saving LED lighting by removing the exemption for fluorescents in the Minamata Convention. Join the Clean Lighting Coalition today and add your voice to the campaign. Membership is free. Reach out to Win Njueh, for any questions about joining CLiC. | |
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As African governments work to accelerate access to clean energy and mitigate the effects of climate change, local manufacturing of LEDs could stimulate local economic growth, generate jobs, and protect people from inefficient, toxic lighting products.
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Check out this op-ed in News Ghana, where Dr. Oludayo Dada, Nigeria and Dr. Wondwossen Sintayehu, Ethiopia, the Minamata Convention Advisors to the Africa Region, explore the economic benefits of a clean lighting transition on the continent. Learn More | |
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Watch our Webinar, LightBulb Moment, in partnership with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), featuring opening remarks from Dr. Eija-Riitta Korhola, PHD, from the European Economic and Social Committee, on the the importance of a mercury lighting phase-out in Europe and read the financial implications of a delayed phase out. | | | |
"Officials sat on their hands for 5 years allowing these lamps to stay on the market, despite knowing their environmental and health impacts and badly let down citizens and the environment." says EEB's policy manager, Elena Lymberidi-Settimo, on the delayed phase out. Read more
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South Africa is currently facing a severe electricity shortage and experts warn that intermittent power cuts could go on for at least another five years. CLASP is supporting the South African government on efficiency policies for street lighting in a bid to reduce pressure on the national grid. Learn more | | | |
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The Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers Association of India (ELCOMA), through the recently launched Vision 2024 document has set eyes on growing the local LED industry and making it a leading global player in LED technology and manufacturing. | | | |
"Greenhouse gas emission and pollution to the environment is a concern for everyone. ELCOMA has initiated a plan to transition India to LED lighting and reduce the lighting industry's’ emissions.” says Bishal Thapa, CLASP’s India Director. Learn more. | |
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