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[RED DEMOCRATICA] Access to energy breaks cycle of poverty

 

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Access to energy breaks cycle of poverty

Access to energy is a key to economic development in impoverished parts of the world, according to a report, which says sustainable energy fosters enterprise activities that break the cycle of poverty. The United Nations, which estimates that 1.4 billion people do not have access to electricity, has declared 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. The Christian Science Monitor/Change Agent (3/20) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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  • Cookstove program launches in Nigeria
    Nigeria intends to supply 10 million households with cleaner burning cookstoves by 2020, some half a million within the next year. Radha Muthiah, executive director of the Global Alliance, said: "We feel the time is right and the time is indeed now with the launch of the Nigerian Alliance as well to arrest this silent killer in homes of half of the world population." Nearly 100,000 Nigerians die annually from diseases traced to toxic smoke from rudimentary cookstoves, or approximately 5% of the global tally, according to the Alliance. Google/Agence France-Presse (3/20) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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