“Torturous” heat: Millions at risk as India’s severe heatwave exposes cooling gaps
ANNIE BANERJI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from India where experts warn lack of access to cooling tech like AC, fridges and fans will cost lives and livelihoods…
“Cooling gap” widens, despite rising heat, as pandemic hikes poverty
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Rising poverty, as the coronavirus pandemic slows economies, means an extra 50 million people this year may struggle without air conditioners, fans or other cooling devices needed to keep them healthy and productive, researchers warned Wednesday. As governments see their budgets squeezed, some will lack cash to expand access to electricity, […]
Dirty fuels kill millions as investment in clean cooking runs short
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Meagre investment is hindering countries’ ability to meet a global target to ensure universal access to clean, modern cooking fuel by 2030 and end the millions of deaths caused by indoor pollution every year, say clean energy experts. Three billion people globally cook with dirty solid fuels such as charcoal and […]
Quick facts – Heat is on to bring cooling to one billion people without it
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Access to cooling technologies is crucial for reasons far beyond just staying comfortable on a hot day. As global temperatures continue to creep upward as a result of climate change, a little over one billion people face threats because they lack cooling methods, said a report released on Thursday by international […]
Energy aid neglects “health emergency” fuelled by dirty cooking
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Governments, development banks and businesses are providing less than one per cent of the money needed each year to wean three billion people off dirty, health-harming cooking by an international deadline of 2030, new data on energy access showed on Tuesday. In 2017, the latest figures available, funding commitments for clean […]
Failure to slow climate change threatens ‘every country’, UN talks told
Thomson Reuters Foundation Decades of efforts to curb climate-changing emissions are failing, leaving not just small islands but “every country” at this year’s UN climate talks facing the threat of disaster, former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed warned on Thursday. “Carbon emissions keep rising and rising and rising, and all we seem to be doing is […]
Finance for electricity access too little, too dirty – energy body
Thomson Reuters Foundation Finance to provide electric power to nearly one billion people who live without it is rising – but too slowly to meet a global goal to reach everyone by 2030, an international body said on Monday. Meanwhile, funding to expand cleaner, more energy-efficient cooking has declined, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) said […]
Rising heat will chill poor countries’ economies, costing billions
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rising temperatures in a warming world will cost poor countries tens of billions of dollars annually as they are less able to keep their workers cool, analysts said on Thursday. Over the next 30 years, manual labourers in the agriculture, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing sectors – which are the most […]
Power-for-all push risks leaving out Africa’s poorest – official
Thomson Reuters Foundation Parts of Africa will get left behind in the global push to provide electric power to all unless national governments and the international community agree on a plan for faster action in places that are lagging, a top energy official has warned. Of the roughly one billion people who still lack access […]