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Since 2018, this population has grown by 93.2 million people, driven by factors such as fast-growing urbanization and challenges related to electricity access and housing quality.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"The urban poor face high risks not only from a lack of cooling technology but also from poor housing quality that fails to protect against extreme heat, insufficient income to operate fans, and unreliable electricity that leads to food spoilage and nutritional risks.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"India, China, and Nigeria are the three countries with the highest absolute numbers of urban poor. India saw the largest absolute increase of 10.5 million people (6 percent) between 2021 and 2022. In terms of relative proportional increases, Yemen (10 percent) and Myanmar (7 percent) experienced the highest growth.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"Asia and the Middle East contain the majority of the global urban poor at high risk, with 512.3 million people across 16 high-impact countries, representing 64 percent of the global total. In Yemen, 74 percent of all urban residents are at high risk.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000021#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-08-17"},{"text":"In Africa, the urban poor at risk grew by 7.8 million to reach 238.3 million in 2022, accounting for 30 percent of the global at-risk urban poor population. 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This deficiency disproportionately affects low-income countries, with Asia holding the highest share of food loss at 48%. The report argues that expanding sustainable cooling can reduce food losses by 55% and cold chain emissions by 55%, while improving incomes for smallholder farmers. It identifies 54 high-impact countries, noting that while China and India have the highest volumes of loss, several African nations exhibit the highest energy inefficiency in food production. 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The organization also highlights the launch of practitioner tools for mini-grid emissions and sustainable cooling, alongside diplomatic engagements with the UAE and the US to accelerate the global energy transition toward SDG7.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000246#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"SEforALL played a leading role in organizing Ministerial Thematic Forums (MTFs) from June 21 to 25, 2021, to prepare for the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy. These forums served as a platform for announcing Energy Compacts—voluntary commitments from Member States, businesses, and civil society detailing outcomes and timelines toward 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"seforall-000246#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The IKEA Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation announced a USD 1 billion fund during the MTFs to increase the scale of distributed renewable energy globally. 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