We

Electricity...

For Heat

For Life

CAN YOU IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY?

Electricity is not only about convenience - like keeping our sodas cold. Electricity sustains lives.

From incubators in hospitals, to street lighting, and city water treatment systems to refrigeration: we love electricity.

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About the population of Africa and North America combined

Right now

1.4 billion People don’t have access to electricity

ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ENERGY ACCESS

In fact, more than 1.4 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity, and 1 billion more only have intermittent access. Some 2.5 billion people – almost half of humanity – rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating.

Source: www.unfoundation.org

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this means 20% of people worldwide

Lack
light to
keep their
streets safe

1 in 5 People

cannot light their homes at night

MILLIONS LACK SAFE WATER

Due to lack of grid electricity, 345 million people in Africa have no access to clean, pumped mains water. Women spend 200 million hours a day collecting water.

One in 9 people worldwide lack access to pumped, treated water. Source: water.org an NGO campaigning for access to clean water and sanitation.

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5 Billion People

Still wash their clothes by hand

Those with washing machines have more time to work and study

The Magic Washing Machine

What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading. Source: ted.com

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access to

electricity improves
quality of life

especially for women

“Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.” - Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General. Source: se4all.com

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AT about one brazil Each year

Global electricity generation is rising

GROWTH IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Figures from IEA CO2 highlights Excel spreadsheet, downloadable here. (Mark Lynas Nuclear 2.0 Why a Green Future Needs Nuclear Power)

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Which is

Improving the lives of millions

Hydro

Nuclear

Renew-ables

Natural Gas

Oil

Coal

Dirty energy

Not so dirty energy

Clean energy

How do we power our high energy planet?

Not only is coal our largest primary source of energy for electricity, globally we are using more and more coal every year. Source: www.iea.org.

For a more detailed breakdown of electricity generation by source, this is a nice tool based on World Bank data.

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Right now

Mostly from coal

OLD KING COAL

Coal currently provides 40% of the world’s electricity needs. It is the second source of primary energy in the world after oil, and the first source of electricity generation. Source: www.iea.org.

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Burning fossil fuels comes with a heavy price

Causing dangerous climate change

Climate change puts us all at risk, but it hurts the poor first – and worst.

7 million people die each year

From air pollution

About the population of New York City

AIR POLLUTION

The World Health Organisation reports that in 2012 around 7 million people died - one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure. This finding more than doubles previous estimates and confirms that air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Reducing air pollution could save millions of lives. Source: www.who.int.

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What about

dangerous accidents?

Nuclear

Oil

Coal

Death rate per watts produced

Renewables have a big role to play

ALL OF THE ABOVE

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report concluded that the only way to stabilize atmospheric CO2 concentration at acceptably low levels "requires rapid improvements in energy efficiency, a tripling to nearly a quadrupling of the share of zero- and low-carbon energy supply from renewables, nuclear energy and fossil or bioenergy energy with carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) by the year 2050".

The bottom line is that we need all the tools in the box to combat climate change, including nuclear. Source: report.mitigation2014.org.

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But can't do it alone

ALL OF THE ABOVE

The bottom line is that we need all the tools in the box to combat climate change, including nuclear. Source.

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Hydro

Renew-ables

Natural Gas

Oil

Coal

There's an

Elephant in the room

nuclear provides large scale clean energy

NUCLEAR POWER

Nuclear power generates 12 per cent of global electricity. It is America’s largest source of clean-air power. Nuclear power plants sit on just a little bit of land, with one plant usually generating enough round the clock electricity to power a small city. And unlike coal-powered plants, the only thing coming out of those cooling towers is water vapour.

Worldwide, 71 new nuclear plants are under construction and 160 are in licensing and advanced planning stages. In the United States — the world leader in nuclear energy production with 100 reactors — only five reactors are under construction. We need to grow the share of all low carbon sources of electricity.

We

Electricity...

For Heat

For Life

About the population of Africa and North America combined

Right now

1.4 billion People don’t have access to electricity

this means 20% of people worldwide

Lack light to keep their streets safe

1 in 5 People

cannot light their homes at night

5 Billion People

Still wash their clothes by hand

Those with washing machines have more time to work and study

access to

electricity improves quality of life

especially for women

AT about one brazil Each year

Global electricity generation is rising

Which is

Improving the lives of millions

Hydro

Nuclear

Renew-ables

Natural Gas

Oil

Coal

Dirty energy

Not so dirty energy

Clean energy

How do we power our high energy planet?

Right now

Mostly from coal

Burning fossil fuels comes with a heavy price

Causing dangerous climate change

Climate change puts us all at risk, but it hurts the poor first – and worst.

7 million people die each year

From air pollution

About the population of New York City

What about

dangerous accidents?

Nuclear

Oil

Coal

Death rate per watts produced

Renewables have a big role to play

But can't do it alone

Hydro

Renew-ables

Natural Gas

Oil

Coal

There's an

Elephant in the room

nuclear provides large scale clean energy

If we are serious about climate change the world needs nuclear

everyone deserves clean energy

but we need to

reduce our emissions as fast as possible

“In light of climate change, can you be an environmentalist and not be pro-nuclear?”

Stewart Brand, Pandora’s Promise

“Let me be very clear. Without nuclear, the battle against global warming is as good as lost.”

Mark Lynas, author, Guardian

Lack
light to
keep their
streets safe

electricity improves
quality of life

reduce our emissions
as fast as possible