Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change The World Decides: Clean Energy or Oil & Gas? | Ep243: Damilola Ogunbiyi
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Feb 4, 2026 
Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO of Sustainable Energy for All and UN special representative advancing SDG7 and energy access in the Global South. She discusses how Africa and other developing regions are leapfrogging fossil fuels with solar, storage, mini-grids and EVs. They cover why energy access matters for dignity and gender, the financing bottlenecks, and how local capital, data and policy are reshaping the clean energy future.
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Most Of World Decides The Energy Future
- The future energy system depends on whether "most of world" chooses clean energy or fossil fuels.
- Africa and the Global South will decide that outcome through their choices and growth paths.
Energy As A Red Thread In Development
- SDG7 links directly to two-thirds of the other Sustainable Development Goals.
- Damilola Ogunbiyi frames energy access as essential for dignity, health, and gender equality.
Renewables Overtook Fossil Spending
- For the first time more money was spent on renewables than on comparable fossil-fuel spending.
- Utility-scale renewables are now often cheaper than the lowest-cost fossil options.