On Thursday 7 December, the European Parliament’s Committee on Development adopted by 13 votes to 1, with 6 abstentions, the amended report by Caroline Roose (Greens/EFA, Belgian) recommending that the EU use its development policy to promote access to clean, renewable energy in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where 52% of the population has no access to electricity.
In this respect, MEPs emphasise the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (SDG 1 on...