Subject: for WJC: report on energy poverty
From: Amitabh Desai <[email-masked]>
To: Hannah Richert - PC <[email-masked]>
Cc: Bruce Lindsey <[email-masked]>, Laura Graham <[email-masked]>, Doug Band - PC <[email-masked]>, Justin Cooper - PC <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]'" <[email-masked]>, Bari Lurie <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:24:01 -0500

Dear Hannah, attached for the President is a new report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) about energy poverty and ways in which businesses, governments, and NGOs can help expand access to energy. Depending on the answers to several major questions - funding, deliverables, timeline, partners, etc - and speaking very broadly, the issue of energy poverty is one on which WJC probably could play an even larger role, reinforcing his dual / long-standing work on energy / climate issues and poverty issues, and equally importantly, applying his unparalleled global stature to expand work on an issue that impacts billions of lives in fundamental ways but often unfortunately gets far less attention / investment from senior-level folks than other things like climate policy negotiations. I have an upcoming call with Peter Bakker (who now runs the group that authored this report) to pick his brain on how specifically we could be helpful on this issue (and also to get his thoughts on who potential funders in this space would be). I'll keep this group updated and would welcome any feedback. Thanks, Ami