Mayor questions 'inexperienced' Climate Change Minister

A south-west Queensland Mayor says she is concerned new state Climate Change Minister Kate Jones is too inexperienced for the job.

Clinton: 'If I could do just one [stupid] thing...'

The Clinton Initiative has worked on a staggering array of human rights issues -- famine, healthcare, education. But when asked during the Q & A what he would do if he had to choose just one project, Clinton pointed to renewable energy in the developing world.

The reason, as was also expressed by Rob Freling in my interview with him on the Solar Electric Light Fund, is that without energy you don't have the economic driver than can then stimulate investments in healthcare and education.

He gave a small but important example. In one project in Ethiopia, the Clinton Initiative electrified an entire village using solar panels. The one-room school was then equipped with 2 fluorescent lights to provide diffuse light for women to work during the night, while 2 LED task lights gave children the ability to do their studies after their daytime chores were complete.

Clinton explained that there is a direct correlation between access to education and the lowering of birth rates, a key to solving climate change long-term.