United Nations officials said the 3.0 billion people worldwide still use the wood fire cooking
Xinhua News Agency, Mexico City, July 16 - (reported by Liu, Wang Jue) UNIDO Director-General 坎德尤姆凯 pull 15 in Mexico City, said the energy shortage is an important issue facing the world now About 1.5 billion people worldwide without electricity supply, 30 million people are still cooking with wood fire.
Yumkella day energy and climate change at the United Nations Advisory Group meeting that the global population in 2030 is expected to reach nine billion, while the lack of power supply of the population will rise to 2.0 billion, mainly live in Asia and Africa. He believes that if these people without power, then their survival will be a lot of deforestation.
Yumkella said, addressing the global energy shortage requires the active participation of the private sector and investment. He said the UN expects the world from now on need to be invested each year from 35 billion to 40 billion U.S. dollars, so that by 2020 power supply problem can be basically solved. Yumkella called for a global early removal of subsidies on fossil fuels, and vigorously promote and use clean energy and sustainable energy.
Mexican Energy Minister Qiaozhinakai Sale, the United Nations Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change more than 60 members and more than the United Nations and the World Bank attended the meeting of climate experts on energy.
