The good news is we’re making progress. Technology and innovation are making sustainable energy available to more people than ever before. Today more than 20% of the world’s energy comes from renewable resources — and that percentage is growing.
Right now the UN is working with governments, companies, and local partners across the globe to help the planet’s most vulnerable people by providing vital access to sustainable energy. In the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, health clinics for Syrian families are running on solar power. In the Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh, solar-powered water filtration systems are preventing the spread of disease and improving sanitation for Rohingya families.
Meanwhile, the UN is helping save more than 2 million lives each year by supplying vaccines for nearly half of the world’s children. Last year, the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign helped protect more than $580 million in U.S. government investments to fund this and other lifesaving work.
For Flavia, solar technology means she can carry out her life’s mission.
“Vaccinating a child may seem like a small thing,” she says. “But it has a huge impact on our children.”