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Asian proportion of those in energy poverty
2.1.10 Asian proportion of those in energy poverty Rest of the world Asia Without basic energy service Dependent on traditional fuels 21% 50% 50% 79% * The traditional fuels category Includes all types of solid fuels and kerosene, not Just blomass. Notes: Electrification numbers for Asla taken from 2012 Rapid Assessment and Gap Analyses and United Nations Development Programme Energy Country Briefs supplemented with World Bank population data for 2011. Global electrification and solid fuels numbers for non-Aslan countries taken from IEA (2011а). Sources: IEA 2012a, Sovacool 2012.
Asian proportion of those in energy poverty
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The imperative of affordable access
Assuming Asia can secure adequate physical energy supply to power growth and safeguard the environment, the challenge remains to ensure that energy is accessible an...
d affordable. Energy is one of the most basic human needs, and therefore true energy security necessarily entails universal access to affordable energy. Affordable access to energy is a prerequisite for inclusive growth and the political support that makes policy effective. Asia has the unfortunate distinction of harboring most of the world’s energy poor. Energy poverty perpetuates hunger by forcing women and children to gather fuel for hours on end that they would rather spend earning incomes or studying. Nearly half of the world’s people without electricity live in Asia, as do the majority of people who rely on traditional fuels such as wood, charcoal, and dung. In 2010, 2.8 billion Asians, or 79% of the world population, relied on such traditional fuels, which provide low-quality energy while often destroying natural ecosystems (Figure 2.1.10).
----a) The traditional fuels category includes all types of solid fuels and kerosene, not
just biomass.
---- Notes: Electrification numbers for Asia taken from 2012 Rapid Assessment
and Gap Analyses and United Nations Development Programme Energy
Country Briefs supplemented with World Bank population data for 2011. Global
electrification and solid fuels numbers for non-Asian countries taken from
IEA (2011a).
---- Sources: IEA 2012a, Sovacool 2012.
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