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"Access to modern energy services is a fundamental prerequisite for poverty reduction and sustainable human development throughout the world. Energy services impact upon all aspects of people’s lives and livelihoods – without access, whole communities are constrained to a life of poverty. The importance of energy access demands greater attention from the international community.
During the last decade, financial assistance for energy access has been modest. The bilateral cooperation between EU countries concerning aid in the energy sector has had its primary focus on economic growth and environmental objectives, rather than on energy access for the poor. It will not only be necessary to increase funding through the European Development Fund and the EU Energy Facility, better targeting the poor and those in isolated areas, but we must also make greater efforts to invest in small-scale decentralised energy and, at least initially, to reduce profit margins. Only by showing political will and financial commitment will the European Union be able to play a fundamental role in achieving the UN’s goal of universal energy access by 2030."@en1
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