GLOBAL LEADERS LAUNCH GROUNDBREAKING COMMISSION TO ELIMINATE ENERGY POVERTY AMONG 840 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
(4th from left) Damilola Ogunbiyi, the MD/CEO of REA and other vital energy stakeholders across the world become Commissioners on the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (GCEEP), an initiative of the @MIT, supported by @RockefellerFdn
The Rockefeller Foundation today announced the launch of the Global Commission to End Energy Poverty (GCEEP). The Commission will drive a new agenda to provide electricity to hundreds of millions in pursuit of the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goal 7.
The commission is co-chaired by Ernest J. Moniz, Professor of Physics & Engineering Systems Emeritus MIT, and former U.S. Secretary of Energy; President of the Rockefeller Foundation and former USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv J. Shah; and Africa Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina