Zambia: COP30 – Zambia’s Forest Communities Need Finance for Solar Power – So They Don’t Have to Cut Down Trees to Pay for It

Across rural Zambia, small solar home systems and lanterns have transformed daily life. Between 2018 and 2022, more than one million small solar devices were sold across the country. These range from tiny solar lanterns to home kits capable of powering radios, TVs and phone chargers.

Children can now study after dark, phones stay charged, and families no longer rely entirely on smoky kerosene lamps.

However, these solar systems are neither funded nor subsidised by the government or development…