As the World Hails Paris, Africa's Energy Plans are Stagnating
News the Paris climate agreement was on its way into force had diplomats popping the corks in New York, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital there is simply frustration.
The world’s poorest countries are energy starved, with an estimated 1.3 billion in countries classed by the UN as “least developed” lacking regular and predictable access to power.
Globally 1.1 billion people do not have access to electricity, and 2.9 billion cook their food and heat water on dirty, polluting and inefficient stoves.
NASA