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Part I Water and Energy – A Human Right Clean water and basic energy are needed for a decent life. This is taken for granted by most people in the world. Yet still, in 2018, more than 650 million people lack clean water and around 1,000 million people do not have the electric power that could enable them to light their homes, cook their food and access clean water. This book addresses this issue and claims that there are better opportunities than ever to satisfy the basic needs of clean water and energy for all. The unique development of renewable energy over the last few years brings new hope for millions of people. Those living in remote areas, outside the national electric power grids, will now have a realistic opportunity to receive the benefits of clean energy. This in turn will open up possibilities of obtaining clean water and enable people to escape poverty, fight hunger, improve health and support education. The United Nations has defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Two of these relate to clean water and clean energy. However, without these two essentials it will hardly be possible to reach the other 15 goals. Downloaded from https://iwaponline.com/ebooks/book-pdf/520710/wio9781780409443.pdf by IWA Publishing user