Up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels to cook and 675 million do not have electricity, a report released by five international organisations said.At current rates, 660 million people are projected to be without ele.
International aid groups say solar energy can help millions of people who are not connected to normal electricity services. An off-grid solar energy system in Indonesia promises to help villagers.
In Indonesia s far-east island of Sumba, off-grid solar is lighting up lives for residents still living out of reach of the country s national electricity provider.
For the first time ever, global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F) of warming within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday. But that did not necessarily mean the world would cross the long-term warming threshold of 1.5C above preindustrial levels set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
As Tamar Ana Jawa wove a red sarong in the fading sunlight, her neighbor switched on a light bulb dangling from the sloping tin roof. It was just one bulb powered by a small solar panel, but in this remote village that means a lot. In some of the world's most remote places, off-grid solar…