Financing for climate adaptation can drive Africa’s economic development and climate goals
Guest Author
Nick O Donohoe
Power is critical to Africa’s development. At least 600 million people across the continent that don’t have access to affordable and reliable power. That lack of access remains one of the biggest barriers to poverty reduction and economic growth.
“Billions of people simply lack enough energy to build a better life,” Kenyan energy researcher Dr. Rose M. Mutiso says in this powerful TED talk. “Affordable, abundant and reliable energy to run their businesses without daily blackouts, to preserve their crops from rotting, to power life-saving medical equipment…to run trains and factories. Basically, to grow and to prosper and to access both dignity and opportunity.”