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
And if your timeline is not full of football transfer rumours then it may well be full of cats, because today is International Cat day. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. You dont have to become vegan, or even vegetarian to save the planet, but you do have to eat less meat. And you have to do it now. Thats the broad recommendation of a big new un report on land and water resources. Basically if humanity doesnt start farming less intensively we wont be able to carry on feeding ourselves. Already more than 10 of the worlds population is undernourished. Soil is being lost faster than its forming and the number of food deserts is growing. Climate change, with its increase in droughts and floods and storms, is only putting more pressure on our land and water resources. But if we change our diets now, we can help to tackle Climate Change. Heres our science editor david shukman. A wall of dust smothers the parched fields of oklahoma. The planet is he
And poor land use practices are having devastating effects entire communities have lost their crops livestock land and livelihood small scale farmers who depend on grain to grow their crops i left guessing about when the whether the rains are going to come and whether theyll be enough so its really an urgent message to governments. The report calls on governments to promote small scale farming and to significantly reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions it also urges consumers to do their part by reducing Meat Consumption the way we produce food and what we eat contributes to the loss of nature ecosystems and declining biodiversity. Its estimated that one 3rd of the food produced for human consumption about 1300000000. 00 tons goes to waste every year the u. N. Panel says limiting the amount of voice would free land for reforestation and crop growth. A warning to stop pushing land to its breaking point and a call for governments to Pay Attention to locus of the yawn aljazeera. Sort of had an a
Has called for a deescalation of tensions however we do know that the Southern Transitional council is definitely backed by the u. A. E. And so i suppose if the s. T. C. Pushes out the government completely then well see a bigger divide between that and the position of saudi arabia and the position of the u. A. E. However whats happening in yemen now is just were going have to wait and see what happens because thats the realities on the ground that are going to dictate the future of yemen all right thank you for your analysis of the. Elite special forces of kyrgyzstan how the rested former president somebody evolved to storming his home it was the 2nd that sort of rested soldier was cool during wednesdays failed raids so most of supporters were injured as they disrupted the operation near the capital bishkek a. Corruption and abuses powell says the eyes use a sions a politically motivated. Still ahead on aljazeera. Hes used our community as a. U. S. President visits to cities that were
A mountain which is fortified region so also be started again in the afternoon of today and the afternoon of thursday to continue until now the situation there for the civilians is scary especially that the confrontation is expanding where the president ial units which are backing and supporting the internationally recognized governments of president had the. Taking control of crater and serve while the. Security forces are taking control of her why where the biggest population are positioned so many rights activists are more concerned about the lives of civilians as they have been inside their homes for now for the day all the shops are closed all the situation a life in aden has been brought to a stand still William Lawrence is a professor at school of International Affairs at George Washington university he joins us now live from washington fire scott good to have you with us professor so you have these this fighting going on between Government Forces and separatists backed by the u