Norway launches international energy and
climate partnership -
Mheshimiwa Malima, naibu waziri wa Nishati na Madini anaiwakilisha Tanzania
Mheshimiwa Malima, naibu waziri wa Nishati na Madini anaiwakilisha Tanzania
Norway launches an international energy and
climate partnership in support of the UN Secretary-General’s initiative
“Sustainable Energy for All”. The Partnership aims to ensure access to
sustainable energy for all and avoid greenhouse gas emissions through the use
of renewable energy and energy efficiency.
In the presence of Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon of the United Nations and other high-level representatives the new
partnership, International Energy and Climate Initiative – Energy+,was launched by the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens
Stoltenberg at a conference entitled “Energy for All: Financing Access for the
Poor“.
The conference takes place in Oslo on 10-11
October and is co-hosted by Norway and the International Energy Agency
(IEA).
The International Energy and Climate
Initiative – Energy+ is Norway’s contribution to the Secretary-General’s vision
for universal energy access, a doubling of energy efficiency and a doubling of
the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030.
"We need to build political momentum
around the energy for all agenda. The 2012 International Year of Sustainable
Energy for All and the Rio+20 summit in June 2012 present us with an historic
opportunity”, says the Secretary-General.
The Secretary-General has invited leaders
from business, government, international organizations and civil society to
come together to develop clear actions for all to take – locally, nationally,
regionally and globally.
Energy+ is inspired by the successful
program to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD).
Through Energy+, developing countries’ efforts to transform the energy sector
to achieve universal access to sustainable energy and decrease greenhouse gas
emissions by scaling-up access to renewable energy sources and increased energy
efficiency will be supported.
In turn, this will contribute to energy and
job security, improved health, business opportunities for private investors and
national economic growth.
"New energy investments must be
results-based. We already have experiences from our support to reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation that this creates the right
incentives", says Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Representatives from more than 60 countries,
international organizations, business and civil society organisations take
part in the conference.
Note to editor:
The following countries and organizations have formally declared the intention of becoming partners in the International Energy and Climate Initiative – Energy+ Partnership:
Kenya, Bhutan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Maldives, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, the World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency, World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Global Village Energy Partnership, United Nations Foundation.
The following countries and organizations have formally declared the intention of becoming partners in the International Energy and Climate Initiative – Energy+ Partnership:
Kenya, Bhutan, Liberia, Ethiopia, Maldives, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, the World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy Agency, World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Global Village Energy Partnership, United Nations Foundation.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations
has launched the “Sustainable Energy for All” (SE4ALL) initiative. The
initiative will seek to achieve the goal of Sustainable Energy for All by
meeting three interlinked global targets by 2030:
·
Achieving
universal access to modern energy services;
·
Improving
energy efficiency by 40 per cent;
·
Producing
30 per cent of the world’s energy from renewable resources.
·
Press release,
10.10.2011, Office of the Prime Minister
·
No.: 152/2011
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