EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

Universal access to energy, an European Parliament priority for eradicating poverty, particularly in Africa

Brussels, 02/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

Access to energy acts as an enzyme for development and the EU has a major role to play, given the scale of energy poverty in developing countries, in ensuring that the seventh universal sustainable development objective (SDO 7) is achieved, particularly in Africa, explains the European Parliament.

A resolution adopted by Parliament in Brussels on Thursday 1 December on access to energy in developing countries pointed out that this requires efforts from the whole of the international...