Before attending COP27, Solar Sister COO Olasimbo Sojinrin looked forward to hearing about concrete advancements in the three sectors where Solar Sister works, gender equity, energy access, and climate justice.
The conference is huge, with many attendees and climate actors with multiple agendas.
“I didn’t get the “African COP”, that resolution that I was expecting,” Olasimbo said in a podcast by PowerForAll, “Post-COP27 reflections with Olasimbo Sojinrin, COO at Solar Sister“.
“Three-quarters of Africa’s population still live without access to modern energy services. For the majority of the communities where Solar Sister works, in the lower economic communities, we find that the burden of energy poverty falls on the woman.”
As Olasimbo heard speakers and attended gatherings, she reflected on the women at home.
“I thought about my women in the south-south and the southeast of Nigeria who are currently living in camps because their communities have been overrun with floods. I think about the illnesses associated with indoor air pollution because of the way people are cooking because they do not have access to modern services.
Why are we still where we are now?”
As Solar Sister’s COO, Olasimbo went to COP27 with a keen interest in seeing how gender equity, climate justice, and energy access are addressed and tackled.
Hear Olasimbo’s thoughts on how COP27 drivers handled these issues.
Most importantly, tune in to learn about Olasimbo’s ideas of doable solutions going forward as we address climate justice, energy access, and gender equity.
