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Since the days of the industrial revolution, energy has been catalyst for growth as well as inequality. It has made some nations and regions powerful and given them the means to monopolize its access. The Green Future Foundation proposes some grassroots exemples that allow to address the intersectionality between energy and poverty in the Global South.
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