Sort of africa. Yes, it is true. We have lots of interesting stories for you. And a quick preview. We hope to book enough to take a look on wrong to move on a production plant will also visit a company in germany. That house created a way to recycle reuse oil from plucked roots and also how some people right here in canberra, want to make transportation more eco friendly. Like many other west african countries became a fossil has difficulty meeting its electricity needs. In the rural areas, less than 5 percent of the population is connected to the Great Schools and medical centers are especially hard hit in 2017. Iraq in union Police Report highlighted decentralization and a most Sustainable Energy mix as possible solutions. And now things in booking a fossil seem to be moving in that direction. The solar kits on this roof is reliable and doesnt require much maintenance. Cost says the 2000 euro investment was money well spent for him and his family to save up for a long time to be able
John malone with the legendary media icon has to say about the covid19 virus, direct to consum consumer, streaming, so many other topics we hit in our hour long shutdown. The ceo of goodrx, we had him last week, since then, amazon came into the business what does it mean for his business carl, well ask that question amongst others. Yeah, thats good stuff for this hour, guys. Jim, we talked for last week and a half about the fact that a path to the vaccine would face some setbacks and clearly new york city schools, new state of emergency in wisconsin, speak to that i think that one of the things that we needed was a bridge, which would be stimulus, to the vaccine we dont have the stimulus were getting terrible numbers, we have half the country that thinks the numbers are okay, given the fact that the death rate hasnt skyrocketed. We have the other half, were saying, look, if we dont do something about it, then the Healthcare System is going to be overwhelmed. In that scenario, it is ver
Where things stand, what populations are affected, and what the kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that is most affected . Thank you, thanks again for having us. To just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary moniz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. As you asked and rightly so, what does the Global Landscape say, let me start with my own continent. Africa is 3. 23 of electricity generated. Asiapacific is 5. 8 . I think thats why were look at this globaly. Because its africa but also south and central america, 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa. 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and central africa, america, at just 12. , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy poor. Dr. Songwe when we talk about it related to the covid crisis, that is one of the reasons why the Rockefeller Foundation and poverty university wanted to
Enough also in west africa is heading for the polls. But a growing Islamist Insurgency means many voters wont be able to cast their ballots. Im claire richardson, welcome to the show. Leaders of the worlds wealthiest countries are meeting online for a g 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia. The virtual gathering is dominated by efforts to end to the coronavirus and demick and to deal with its economic fallout. A draft a declaration declaration, excuse me, shows that the biggest economies will pledge to pay for Fair Distribution of covert 1000. 00, vaccines and testing. So that poor countries are not left out of debt relief is also likely to be extended denied the opportunity for a face to face pageantry. This was how so dia rebiya opened the g 20 a 7 plane fly over of riyadh to mark the ever summit hosted by an arab country. On the grown king solomon beckoned the worlds most powerful leaders, bureaucrats, and despots. To meet the challenge of their generation. It is unfortunate that we are
Thank you, francis. Thank you. We are delighted to have you both. You give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty and the repercussions for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world most affected . Thank you, thank you again. About what the foundation has done under the leadership of the secretary is looking at how we can and this global problem of Energy Poverty. What is the Global Landscape space . 3. 2 ofccounts for only the 2700 kilowatt hours generated. [indiscernible] only asia with india is 8. 5 . Southafrica but also africa. America is 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa is 3. 9 . Are large swaths of the global space that is energy poor. What we talk about as it relates , and that iscrisis [indiscernible] say one of the things the pandemic is shown as is if we do not have energy we cannot even solve the health crisis. On the continent we have a lot of obstacles. Universal access is a critical part of what we are considering as part of the policy for ending