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Universal energy access: economic and social benefits
Maria Van der Hoeven, IEA executive director, said that all the world’s citizens can access to energy with a minimum impact on global energy demand and carbon dioxide emissions.
In the Commonwealth Ministers Book, she wrote that bringing electricity to 1,3 billion people who currently have no access to it, as well as cooking facilities to 2,7 billion people, would not have a significant negative impact on domestic energy security or global climate change. Conversely, she told that this global access would herald enormous economic and social benefits for developing and emerging Commonwealth members.
Global energy access is very important for poverty eradication, reducing infant mortality, improving education, global economic growth and prosperity.
Agreed with World Energy Outlook, IEA’s flagship publication about the latest data and policy developments, the annual investment required to obtain this objective is USD 48 billion together with private sector investment.
In the Commonwealth Ministers Book, she wrote that bringing electricity to 1,3 billion people who currently have no access to it, as well as cooking facilities to 2,7 billion people, would not have a significant negative impact on domestic energy security or global climate change. Conversely, she told that this global access would herald enormous economic and social benefits for developing and emerging Commonwealth members.
Global energy access is very important for poverty eradication, reducing infant mortality, improving education, global economic growth and prosperity.
Agreed with World Energy Outlook, IEA’s flagship publication about the latest data and policy developments, the annual investment required to obtain this objective is USD 48 billion together with private sector investment.
