May 19, 2017

Ending Energy Poverty

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May 30, 2017 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Arizona State University School of Sustainability
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Energy Poverty in the United States and the Developed World
Panelist added to address this part of the global issue. 
I am pleased to announce that Alon Abramson from the Philadelphia Energy Authority has joined the panel and will address energy poverty in the United States.  His biography is included below.  He adds his voice to the discussion that will otherwise focus on ending energy poverty in developing nations.
11:30 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
May 30, 2017
End Energy Poverty
Soolar Energy in IndiaGlobal electrification reached 85.3% in 2014, however, over 1 billion people still do not have electricity and many more suffer from unreliable, unsustainable, and/or unhealthy energy systems that degrade their ability to thrive, socially and economically.

What has worked in developing nations to increase access to modern energy services, how can affordable energy deployment be accelerated and how can  social, cultural, geopolitical and educational barriers be overcome?   What is being done in the United States and other developed nations to make energy affordable for the poor?
Join SSF and Arizona State University in a 90 minute webinar with research and policy experts who will discuss pathways for a global transition to clean, abundant energy that creates opportunities for prosperous and productive futures for everyone.
Meet the Panel:
Clark Miller_ Arizona State University
Clark Miller

Clark Miller will moderate the session. Clark is a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society at ASU.  As part of the ASU LightWorks leadership team, he coordinates social science, humanities, and policy research on energy transitions, seeking to understand the social dynamics and societal implications of large-scale changes in energy systems.

Kartikeya Singh_ CSIS
Kartikeya Singh
Kartikeya Singh is Deputy Director of the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.  He will focus on his research which draws on the business innovation and diffusion of off-grid solar technology in India. Kartikeya will cover the challenges of deploying the technology into the field, what businesses are working and the importance of global collaboration in this space.
Joy Clancy_ Univerity of Twente
Joy Clancy

Joy Clancy is a Professor in Development Studies specializing in energy and gender at the University of Twene. Her research has focused, for more than 30 years, on small scale energy systems for developing countries, including the technology transfer process and the role that energy plays as an input for small businesses and the potential it offers entrepreneurs, particularly women, through the provision of a new infrastructure service.  Joy will focus on how energy poverty affects lives and how these effects and their solutions are primarily gendered.

Alon Abramson is the Program Manager at the Philadelphia Energy Authority where he
Alon Abranson

oversees the Energy Campaign, a 10-year, $1 billion program to make energy cleaner and more affordable for low income households, small businesses, municipal buildings, and schools in Philadelphia. Alon brings a background in best practices and policy for implementing energy efficiency programs in urban communities from his work at the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania.

End Energy Poverty