Africa's power poverty a danger to the health of people and the planet
“When Covid-19 came, the world had a combined onslaught to attack this issue," van Pletsen said. "No stone was left unturned. Debt increases of 15% to 20% happened overnight and it was attacked from all angles possible. “If we wanted to attack (Africa’s power and clean fuel problem) in the same way we attacked Covid-19, the issue would have been gone.” Africa’s estimated death toll of 60,000 from Covid-19 represents just 12% of fatalities from indoor pollution. The longer that governments fail to address the electricity and clean-fuel problem, and the faster Africa’s population g...
Source: upstreamonline.com