Rio Environment Meeting Focuses On ‘Energy For All’

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Diplomats and activists from around the world are meeting in Rio de
Janeiro this week to talk about how the planet’s growing population can
live better lives without damaging the environment. The Rio 20 meeting
marks the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Earth Summit in Rio, a
watershed meeting to address topics as diverse as climate change and
biodiversity.

At this follow-up meeting,
delegates hope to highlight an issue that was almost absent from the
Earth Summit: making energy available to everyone in the world.

Combating ‘Energy Poverty’

Three
of the world’s biggest problems are completely intertwined: Poor people
need sources of energy to raise their standard of living; cheap energy
from fossil fuels produces large amounts of carbon dioxide; and carbon
dioxide is changing the climate in ways that are hardest on poor people.

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