U. N. Secretary. Thank you. Thank you for having us. Were delighted to have you both. So, let me start with you, if i may, doctor. Could you give us a global snapshot of Energy Poverty, where things stand, what populations are affected and what kind of repercussions are for gender equity and employment in the areas of the world that are most affected. Thanks again for having us. I think to just talk about what the Rockefeller Foundation has done and under the leadership of secretary munoz is looking at how we can end this Global Partnership and Energy Poverty. And as you ask, and rightly so, what is the global landscape. Let me start with my own continent. Africa accounts for only 2. 3 of the 270,000 hours of electricity generated. Asia is only 7. 8 . Its africa but also south and central america, its 4. 9 . When you look at those three, africa, 3. 2 , india, 5. 8 , and south and Central Africa america are just 4. 9 , you see theres still large swaths of the global space that is energy
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Color line migration and black resistance in canada 1870 to 1955 and the forthcoming back the glory of their deeds a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. The professor has earned several International Awards and is a former fellow at the university of hidelbergs center and at harvards institute. And finally we have professor jeffrey t. Salmons, professor at history at New York University where he teaches a broad range of courses in United States and race and society. Hes the coauthor of excuse me, author of beyond the ring the role of boxing in american society, and the 2014 book harlems rattlers and the great war which he coauthored and has been rightfully declared the definitive history of the 169 regiment. Hes received fellow ships from the National Endowment of the humanities he has plans to write a book and im going to hold him accountable to this, writing a book on the heroic and tragic life of Henry Johnson. As far as the format for this, our panelists will sp
Donald trump is still refusing to concede and legal challenges to Voting Results in key states are still in play and the news is celebrations in azerbaijan has the government announces in now controls the city of shut in disputed nagornokarabakh. Welcome to the program we start in the u. S. Where president elect joe biden has declared it is time to heal a deeply divided america even as his predecessor still refuses to concede defeat in a bitterly fought president ial election biden vowed not to divide it but to unify and called on americans to give each other a chance reaching out to the 70000000 people who didnt vote for him his running mate kemah harris will be the 1st woman black american and american of asian the scent to serve as Vice President and she paid tribute to the women who paved the way for her victory donald trump meanwhile is threatening multiple lawsuits in an attempt to challenge the results but Election Officials in states across the country say there has been no evi
Author of fighting for hope. The National World War Ii Museum in new orleans hosted this discussion and provided the video. Greetings, everyone. I am senior director of programs at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to what promises to be a Great Program on the history of africanamericans in combat in the United States from world war i to world war ii with everything in between and in the immediate postworld war ii years, and i am joined by three of our nations preeminent scholars on this subject. Whohost is dr. John morrow, is franklin professor of history at the university of georgia and is coauthor with our second panelist, who is professor of harlemst nyu, of rattlers in the great war, which is a fantastic book about one of the great africanamerican units in the First World War were. Our third panelist is Robert Jefferson junior, associate professor of history at the , andrsity of new mexico the author of fighting for hope. I