UNESCO’s Commitment to Sustainable Development (2011). UNESCO promotes capacity-building in basic sciences and engineering with the aim of enhancing human resources development; increasing education for green technologies, including renewable energy and energy effi ciency; and leverging the transfer of scientific knowledge, thus bridging the knowledge gap between
Read more →Pathways for Concerted Action toward Sustainable Energy for All. The Sustainable Energy for All initiative will catalyse major new investments to speed the transformation of the world’s energy systems, pursue the elimination of energy poverty, and enhance prosperity. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has launched this global initiative
Read more →Global Status Report First released in 2005, REN21′s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truely collaborative effort of over 400 authors, contributors and reviewers, and is today the most frequently referenced report on renewable energy market, industry and policy trends. It provides testimony
Read more →Position Paper of the MaB National Committee of Germany for the use of wind power and biomass in Biosphere Reserves. Position Paper of the MAB National Committee for the use of wind power and biomass in biosphere reserves Blieskastel, 5. September 2012 1. The challenges of the energy revolution – Chances of biosphere reserves as model regions use
Read more →AGECC calls on the United Nations system and its Member States to commit themselves to two complementary goals: 1. Ensure universal access to modern energy services by 2030. The global community should aim to provide access for the 2-3 billion people excluded from modern energy services, to
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