First, what exactly is energy poverty?

首先，能源贫困到底是什么？

Clean energy where we need it, climate change solved, energy poverty solved and drillers keep drilling.

满足清洁能源的需求，解决气候变化问题，解决能源贫困问题，钻井者还能继续钻井。

It's called " energy poverty, " and it has massive implications for economic development and social well-being.

叫做“能源贫困”，它对经济发展与社会福祉有深远的影响。

And what's more, these energy poverty indicators and targets cover only residential use.

更有甚者，这些能源贫困的指标与目标涵盖的仅仅是居民用电。

The main energy poverty targeted indicator is enshrined in the UN's Seventh Sustainable Development Goal, or SDG 7.

能源贫困的主要针对性指标记载于联合国的第七个可持续发展目标，即 SDG 7 之中。

You see, energy poverty exists within a complex socioeconomic and political context.

能源贫困是存在于一个复杂的社会经济与政治背景下的。

First, we don't really have a clear understanding of what energy poverty is, or how deep it goes.

第一，我们对能源贫困是什么，以及其扎根之深度并没有一个清楚的认知。

By any standard, a few lights and not much else is still living in energy poverty.

无论以何种标准来看，如果只能点亮几盏灯，仍然相当于生活在能源贫困之中。

Merely electrifying households and microenterprises cannot solve this deeper energy poverty.

仅仅为家庭和微型企业供电根本无法解决这个更深层的能源贫困问题。

But they are nowhere near sufficient for solving energy poverty.

但它们还远远不足以解决能源贫困的难题。

To solve energy poverty, we need to deliver reliable, affordable electricity at scale, to power economy-wide job creation and income growth.

为了解决能源贫困问题，我们需要大规模地输送可靠的、廉价的电力，从而为整个社会工作岗位的创造与收入增长提供动力。

There's a pressure to lift people out of energy poverty.

使人们摆脱能源贫困的压力很大。

So now there is an issue of energy poverty.

所以现在有一个能源贫困的问题。

Yes, energy, poverty and climate change are intertwined, but not in the way most people think.

是的，能源、贫困和气候变化相互交织，但并非以大多数人认为的方式。

Instead, I believe that our inability to grapple with and truly address energy poverty in Africa stems from three main sources.

相反地，我相信，我们之所以无法掌控并真正解决非洲的资源贫困问题，其主要原因有三点。

And make no mistake: the world cannot expect Africa to remain in energy poverty because of climate change.

别搞错了：世界不能指望非洲会因为气候变化而继续处于能源匮乏状态。

India needs reforms to more efficiently combat energy poverty while overhauling unprofitable utilities so they can pay for clean energy on time.

印度需要进行改革，以更有效地应对能源贫困，同时改革无利可图的公用事业，以便它们能够按时支付清洁能源费用。

This in turn will require significant interconnectivity and economies of scale, making a robust and modern grid a crucial piece of any energy poverty solution.

这进而又需要强大的互联以及规模经济，使得稳定而现代化的电网成为任何能源贫困解决方案 不可或缺的一部分。

We need the money to help communities, those that are on the front lines, to help people, to lift people out of energy poverty.

我们需要钱来帮助社区，那些处于前线的社区，帮助人们，让人们摆脱能源贫困。

However, off-grid solar will not solve energy poverty in Africa, and for that matter, neither will a top-down effort to connect every unserved household to the grid.

但是，离网太阳能并不能解决 非洲能源贫困的问题，而因为这样，自上而下、将每一个未通电的家庭连接到电网上的尝试，也不能解决这个问题。