Environmental

Universal Access to Clean Energy Vital for Reducing Poverty, UN Officials Stress

BANGKOK–(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2011.   

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It is vital for countries in Asia and the Pacific to have national policies that will ensure universal access to clean and efficient energy services to advance poverty reduction and improve health and well-being, United Nations officials told a meeting in Bangkok.

Over 40 per cent of the estimated four billion people in the region mainly rely on traditional biomass for their cooking and heating needs while nearly one billion people…

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