Geneva [Switzerland] : Close to 1 billion people in low and lower-middle-income countries are served by healthcare facilities with unreliable electricity supply or with no electricity access at all, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll). […]
The effects of climate change and global warming are here. The WHO estimates that between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year. The need for action is clear, and nearly 200 countries around the world agreed at COP26 agreeing on the Glasgow Climate Pact to keep 1.5C […]
According to the report, significant progress has been made since 2010 on various aspects of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7, but progress has been unequal across regions. New Delhi: During the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access to electricity than ever before, but the number of people without electricity […]