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"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need, but not for man's greed,"-- the great Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi.

Current levels of energy services fail to meet the needs of the poor. Some 2 billion people worldwide rely on traditional biomass fuels for cooking, while 1.6 billion others do not have access to electricity, a situation which entrenches poverty, constrains the delivery of social services, limits opportunities for women and girls, and erodes environmental sustainability at the local, national and global levels.
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Urban Energy NEWS

Experts mull on “Enhancing Energy Access for the Urban Poor”
Nairobi - 11/12/2006

A group of experts met between 4-6 December 2006 at the UN-HABITAT headquarters in Nairobi to look into ways of effectively improving energy access for the urban poor by marshalling the resources of public, private and community sectors.

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