How "Energy Poverty" is Stifling Job Growth in the Developing World

Published: Feb. 23, 2019, 8:17 p.m.

Energy Poverty conventionally refers to the lack of household electricity. Over 1 billion people live without reliable sources of electricity -- but a new group seeks to change how we think about energy poverty.\xa0\xa0

My guest today, Todd Moss is the\xa0founder and executive director of the Energy for Growth Hub, a new think tank. The Energy for Growth Hub\xa0seeks large scale solutions to end the kind of energy poverty that can stifle industrial and commercial development in the developing world.

We kick off talking about energy poverty--specifically why the traditional definition of that term may be an inadequate understanding of the problem. We then have a lengthy discussion about the link between big scale energy solutions, global development and climate change.\xa0

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