Can renewable energy systems actually disenfranchise the world's poorest communities?
In short: Professor Jacqueline McGlade explores the challenge of meeting UN Sustainable Development Goal 7. This lecture examines how everything from massive hydroelectric dams to small-scale solar micro-grids can either drive climate mitigation or leave rural populations behind.
The video investigates the tension between large-scale energy infrastructure and local accessibility. While technologies like geothermal plants, solar arrays, and hydroelectric dams offer pathways to a clean energy future, they require careful management to ensure they do not exclude those in rural settlements. Professor McGlade argues that without implementing proper social safeguards, these renewable systems risk disenfranchising the very people they are intended to help.
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