If the rate of electrification of the past decade remains unchanged, it will take more than 40 years to electrify South Asia and almost twice as long for sub-Saharan Africa. This is unacceptable.

Wherever we go, we’re well-received. People love our music, and it really touches them,

That was quite an experience right there, … We went to New York the year after it happened. It was weird, because there was just like a big ol’ gap in between all these buildings...

It was actually a little platform they had built for tourists or people who come to see the place, … We sang to some people there people from everywhere. Everybody liked it. A few people...

Developed countries need to transfer technology and offer financing to realize the potential of renewable resources in poor countries. This makes good business sense. We know that developing countries need more energy, and the sources...

The song is called ‘Orphan Child,’ … Our chief has kinda tagged it as our national song of comfort, because it’s a song that is asking the Creator to reach out His hand and guide...

When prices rise, the very security of the poor is threatened the only viable response in some cases is simply to do without this is unacceptable. Renewable energy can enhance a country’s energy security by...

It’s what separates us from any other culture, … We have the only written language out of any tribe, and it’s something that we need to hang onto; and if it dies out, our people...

Just by going out and singing our language, it has really attracted a lot of kids to come and join this choir,

I might be pursuing a career in making hydrogen cars, … There’s a scientist in Kansas City, he has a school – Dr. Billings – he’s been looking for some young Cherokee students around the...

Secondly, we need to seize the opportunity to invest in these new technologies. With typical energy infrastructure lifetimes of 20 years or more, decisions taken today will affect how energy impacts development and the environment...

And finally, I think countries must be more strategic in terms of energy policy and reforms.

The international community has now started to worry about these issues in a more robust way. Last summer the G8 meeting at Gleneagles put climate change on the agenda as a major international problem that...