The interest was very high on the side event organised jointly by INFORSE and WECF. There were more people interested to hear NGOs from Africa and Asia than the relatively large room could seat. The side event took a point of view which obviously many other events did not focus on.
The media coverage was also exceptional: The Earth Negotiations Bulletin covered it its daily printed edition as well as in its web edition.

At the event, about 150 people learned how NGOs in three parts of Africa, in India, in Nepal, and in Caucasus are reducing poverty with local, renewable energy solutions. The solutions presented are also reducing greenhouse gases from the households that benefits from the solutions. Emissions are reduced with reduced coal use, reduced biomass use that reduces deforestation, and with biogas plants that reduce methane emissions from manure. The activities are earning greenhouse gas credits, but are struggling with the CDM rules. Therefore simplified CDM for small projects is proposed and was discussed on the event.