Al Jazeera¹s new African talk show host Redi Tlhabi chats to Professor Mosad
Elmissiry (NEPAD), Dr. Christoph Frei (World Energy Council), and Birgitta
Resvik (Fortum)
This Friday on Al Jazeera¹s new global talk show South 2 North, Redi Tlhabi
talks energy. It lights our world, heats our food and keeps us connected.
Demand for energy is dramatically increasing as human populations explode.
The world¹s population has jumped from three billion in 1960 to over seven
billion today, so we¹re facing an energy crisis.
Experts are clear: urgent solutions need to be found ­ but what are the
solutions? Is renewable energy like solar and wind power the right answer?
Redi¹s first guest is Professor Mosad Elmissiry, head of The Energy
Programme at The New Africa Partnership. (NEPAD) He is from Egypt, where
high population density will demand an increasing energy supply.
He is heading up a plan to solve Africa¹s energy crisis by getting business
and governments to at least talk to each other.
Redi¹s second guest is Dr Christoph Frei, head of The World Energy Council,
which has been around since the 1920s and is seen as the only truly global
thinktank for people committed to a sustainable energy future.
Redi¹s final guest, Birgitta Resvik, works for a Finnish multi-national
company, Fortum. They provide affordable energy solutions for Nordic
countries, Russia and India.