Renewables are now creating an “access to energy” pathway in many African nations that previously did not exist — largely because of the leadership of the private sector, according to Achim Steiner, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
“It took less than a decade for solar, wind and geothermal to literally arrive at the centre stage of not only developed economies, but also developing economies,” Steiner told SIF, which is running in parallel to COP21.
“These
