Refugees crying out for sustainable energy access, says UN official – The National

Refugees crying out for sustainable energy access, says UN official – The National

Refugees crying out for sustainable energy access, says UN official. Millions of refugees are being put at greater risk because they do not have access to enough energy to cover their basic needs.. "Without affordable, sustainable energy you cannot have safe food," Nadia Jbour, head of office at UN High Commissioner for Refugees in the UAE, told The National.. Without affordable, sustainable energy kids cannot go to school, women become vulnerable to attacks at night and communities cannot thrive. "One of the UN sustainable development goals is to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable energy for all.. In terms of funding, humanitarian agencies are paying over the odds for the energy.. We need to reinvent energy solutions in these settlements to align with modern technology.". Affordable energy is just one of many needs of refugees, but it has received little attention in the humanitarian field over the years.. "The challenge now is how to make sure that energy becomes the mainstream need.. Provision of sustainable, reliable, affordable energy will increase a person's dignity, improve refugee work skills and reduce the environmental footprint.. "If you freeze someone's life for 17 years it's a lost generation.. But energy solutions could reverse this