by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Globally, some 1.3 billion people still live without electricity and close to 3 billion people lack modern cooking and heating equipment. It is estimated that 2 million deaths annually are associated with the indoor burning of solid fuels in unventilated...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Access to modern renewable energy services is a key factor in eradicating poverty and ensuring food security. Today, 2.5 billion people rely on traditional biomass fuels (charcoal, dung, firewood) as their principal source of energy for cooking and heating,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Energy security depends on the constant availability and supply of affordable energy for consumers and industry. Many countries, however, face risks to their energy security. These risks come in the form of disruptions to the supply of imported fossil fuels,...
by UNOSSC | Mar 17, 2019 | Solution
Challenge Guinea-Bissau, like many sub-Saharan African countries, faced the turmoil of the global food crisis of 2007 and 2008 when skyrocketing international and domestic prices hit the country hard. Once a major exporter of rice, Guinea-Bissau now imports almost...
