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Energy Switch
An Energy Rich World
Season 9
Episode 7
Seven billion people live in energy poverty. How can they become “energy rich?" Start with industry: Large electricity consumers draw international investment and provide utilities with revenue to build power plants. Add regulation to protect workers and reduce corruption. With Katie Auth from the Energy for Growth Hub and Arjun Murti from Veriten, an energy research and investing firm.
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Plastic and other pollution, sea level rise, coastal erosion and potential solutions.
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How forests and other plants absorb one-quarter of human-emitted CO2 each year.
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The global importance of the region’s oil, and its moves to diversify into other energies.
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Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
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Can we have abundance with less environmental impact? Or must we reduce consumption?
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CO2 emissions, UN reduction targets, alternative fuels and the challenges of all three.