Why electricity is now central to the fight against poverty

Nearly 750 million people around the world still live without reliable electricity, limiting access to healthcare, education and economic opportunity. Global Citizen co-founder Michael Sheldrick explains why the international anti-poverty movement is now putting clean electricity at the centre of its mission. Ahead of the Global Citizen NOW summit in Perth, he discusses plans to help power four million homes, and how governments, development banks, philanthropists and businesses can turn financial pledges into projects on the ground. Sheldrick also examines Western Australia’s opportunity to build new industries around renewable energy and green iron, and why the coal town of Collie could become an important test of whether a just transition can deliver secure, skilled jobs before the old industries disappear.

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