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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8283

26 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 26
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/poverty
Economic development impossible without secure affordable energy, says IEA Executive Director Robert Priddle

Brussels, 26/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - With a view to the Johannesburg Summit, which will be addressing energy questions and the fight against poverty, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a study entitled "Energy and Poverty", with the aim of providing detailed information on global poverty and energy use, to contribute to better choices towards solutions. The IEA study notes that: (1) 1.6 billion people today have no access to electricity, and in the absence of radical new...

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