Nearly 750 million people around the world still live without reliable electricity, limiting access to healthcare, education and economic opportunity.
Global Citizen co-founder Michael Sheldrick explains why the international anti-poverty movement is now putting clean electricity at the centre of its mission. He discusses the global push to increase electricity’s share of final energy consumption from around 21 per cent to 35 per cent by 2035.Â
And ahead of the Global Citizen NOW summit in Perth on 18-20 October, Sheldrick outlines plans to help power four million homes and why the coal town of Collie could become an important test of whether a just transition can deliver secure, skilled jobs before the old industries disappear.
