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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Good evening. Devon joins us now live at minetta san jose where the parking lots were completely fooled this holiday weekend. Passengers had to do some scrambling. Reporter that is exactly right. The airport has nearly 10,000 parking spots. It wasnt enough this weekend. The problem appears to be getting worse. For nearly 9 hours on saturday every single spot in every single san jose airport was completely full. Leaving departing passengers scrambling to find offsite parking or risk missing their flights. Every time i come here i only have an hour range before my flight starts. If i came here and there is no part spot. I could not imagine that. It is going to be disruptive. Reporter the airport acknowledges his growth has outpaced parking. The situation that passengers find troubling. Ive been coming out here long enough now that i remember when it was much smaller than this. I think it has grown far greater than anyone imagined. Reporter they at roughly 14. 3 million passengers in 2018