Sustainable Energy for All – Rapid Assessment and National Action Plans for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency – Togo
The SE4ALL Rapid Assessment and Gaps Analysis for Togo was completed in 2012. The National Action Plans for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency were released in 2015. The National Action Plans for Renewable Energy explicitly mentioned the followings directly relevant to wood energy: a) Awareness building among charcoal producers on the environmentally impacts of charcoal production; b) Study on the modalities of setting up credit mechanisms in collaboration with microfinance institutions to support charcoal producer groups; c) Disseminate improved woodfuel stoves and promote LPG as alternative cooking fuel; d)Revise forest taxes and royalties that affect charcoal and firewood production and trade to ensure that the market price of charcoal better reflect the production costs.