European Parliament
Raül Romeva i Rueda  (Verts/ALE ),
in writing.
– In favour. Access to modern energy services is a fundamental prerequisite for poverty reduction and sustainable human development. 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. To begin to address this, in September 2010, the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, launched the target of ‘universal energy access by 2030’. He underlined the importance of energy access in poverty reduction and the role of energy services in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

