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PODCAST: Off-grid, power on; energy day at COP26

PODCAST: Off-grid, power on; energy day at COP26

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Energy was the main theme of COP26 on Thursday, with a particular focus on ending the world’s reliance on coal. 

However, to achieve the UN’s aim of achieving clean and reliable access to energy for all by 2030, all countries need to speed up the transition away from all fossil fuel sources, and switch renewable sources.

On today’s COP26 episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon and Laura Quinones sift through the day’s main announcements, find out why clean cooking could be a low-cost way to save hundreds of thousands of lives, and why Togo’s government is banking on solar technology to lift its citizens out of poverty.
 

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UN News/Conor Lennon