It will take more than a wave of a magic wand for the electricity fairy to illuminate the planet to the most isolated villages.
The needs are colossal to guarantee everyone's access to energy and at the same time to contain global warming.
Globally, 760 million of the poorest people still do not have access to electricity, or one in ten.
Africa is the most affected continent, where half of the population has no electricity.
And 2.6 billion people do not have clean cooking solutions, warns the United Nations.
At the same time, energy is responsible for 75% of greenhouse gas emissions.
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A UN summit was held Thursday and Friday in New York to mobilize the international community in the face of this alarming finding, a few weeks before COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland.
“The moment is crucial,
warns Achim Steiner, administrator of the UNDP (United Nations development program).
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