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790 million
people across the globe who live without electricity and 2 billion people who are denied reliable, affordable power.
$200 billion opportunity
for climate-first funders to avoid 626 million tonnes CO2 & deliver universal energy access in Africa by 2030.
The climate crisis is the world’s greatest existential threat – but the race to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve global net zero is often perceived as at odds with the scale of economic growth needed to tackle poverty in emerging markets.
Robust research now disproves this tension. A recent study by Catalyst Off-Grid Advisors shows that the quickest and most affordable way to deliver inclusive economic growth in Africa is in fact to invest in ‘