To Enable Development, Start With Energy

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By Huffington Post | 14 June 2012 | 80

Next week, world leaders, businesses, and civil society organizations will convene in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development -- known as Rio+20 in honor of the Earth Summit 20 years ago. This conference is an important opportunity to make progress on our energy and climate challenges. It is also a chance to advance global efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which tackle some of the world's biggest problems, including poverty, women's and children's health, hunger and education. Electricity and modern fuels are needed to achieve each of the MDGs. They can empower farmers to produce and store more food, allow children to study at night, save lives with refrigerated vaccines and medical care during difficult pregnancies, enable safe drinking water, and reduce pollution. Read More