IKEA Foundation joins forces with Rockefeller Foundation to tackle energy poverty and climate change
The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation will set up a USD 1 billion global platform to fight climate change and energy poverty.The aim of the platform, due to launch later this year, is to reduce 1 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions and empower 1 billion people with distributed renewable energy. This is renewable energy that comes from sources such as mini-grid, rather than central sources like power plants. The new platform will help countries to leapfrog to renewable energy, help tackle energy poverty and aid recovery from COVID-19. With 800 million people worldwide
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