As of 2020, nearly 80% of the world’s energy was made by burning fossil fuels – oil, coal & gas.
Renewable energy, including hydropower, solar, wind and biofuels, accounted for just over 10%, with nuclear and traditional biomass making up the remainder aje.io/4sg479
According to IEA, access to electricity is quantified as a household being able to provide:
• Basic lighting of 4 lightbulbs 5 hours a day
• Running a refrigerator
• Power to charge a mobile device or operate a television for 4 hours per day
Just five countries – Albania, Bhutan, Lesotho, Nepal and Paraguay – produce 100% of their electricity from renewable energy, mostly in the form of hydroelectricity from dams.
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Russia has deployed troops near the Ukraine border, triggering the worst security crisis to emerge between Moscow and the West since the Cold War — in pictures aje.io/ckwjme
The UK has accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine grow.
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