Main topic: Lack of access to modern energy systems or limited affordability of energy as a societal problem.

Overarching theme: Government subsidies and the role of state in energy supply.

Outline: What is energy poverty? How does it affect people in developing and developed countries? What can we do about it?

Sources: Energy poverty is one of the biggest challenges for human development and well being. Let's get directly into that. This video illustrates the causes, manifestations and effects of energy poverty in the developed countries, in our case the EU. For the developing countries, there is this brief yet highly informative note by Bill Gates. And if you do not despise celebrity activism, go ahead and watch this account of energy poverty in Kenya featuring the UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bündchen. Finally, a structured and data-rich source can be found in Mikel-Gonzáles Eguino's energy poverty overview.

Get ready: How does energy poverty affect economic development? What can governments do about it?

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