Not exact matches
Factories and call centers in places like India and China, often providing services for U.S. - based corporations, have
helped fuel rapid growth and pull more than one billion people
out of extreme
poverty.
Find
out more about the energy challenge and how National Grid is
helping find solutions to some
of the challenges we face at www.nationalgridconnecting.com The National Grid Energy Efficiency Innovation Award scheme was launched across National Grid's four gas distribution networks and provided a # 400k fund to support major innovations to tackle
fuel poverty and deliver energy efficiency solutions in communities, with five agencies in total receiving awards.
By January 2019 the programme is expected to have
helped more than 1,000 homes
out of fuel poverty, keeping people warm and well.
And giving a
helping hand to all these other crises as a result
of all the fossil
fuel burning needed to power our lives and lift billions
out of poverty: anthropogenic climate change.
Fifth, the world is entering an era
of fossil
fuel abundance that could lift billions
of people
out of poverty and
help restart the U.S. economy.
Subsidies Not Going To Those That Need It Most As for the concern that in many developing nations keeping energy prices artificially low is needed to
help raise people
out of poverty, Birol noted that just 8 %
of fossil
fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20 %
of people.