The United Nations Rio+20 Conference called last year for urgent action to put the world on a more equitable and sustainable development path. Countries agreed that systems and behaviours that worsen poverty and inequalities, exclude women and marginalise others, are pushing our planet to its limits and must change.

Achieving sustainable energy yields benefits beyond the environment. It enables children to study at night, allows health clinics to store needed vaccines, and frees women from backbreaking chores and life-threatening smoke from wood-burning stoves. It creates a platform for better and more productive lives.

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