EEP-Indonesia announces a call for proposals on biomass-based renewable energy, focusing on Central Kalimantan and Riau. Applications are invited from NGOs, companies, public and private initiatives, universities, research institutions, and consulting companies. The EEP encourages but does not require collaboration between Indonesian and Finnish organizations. EEP’s contribution to a project is up to €200 [...]
Roundtable on “Learning from emerging energy innovations in Asia with a focus on energy access/clean energy: Contributing to the discourse on an institutional framework for sustainable development” , 31st January, 2012 (9.30 am- 5.30pm) The UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD Rio+20) in June 2012 will focus on two themes: (a) a green economy in [...]
In advance of the regional roll out and the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, some five modern lighting manufacturers or project developers and a same number of people from TERI were present for the WG discussion that focused on how to move forward and scale up. The manufacturers indicated that they would like to have [...]
On the sidelines of the regional roll-out and the Dehli Sustainable Development Summit, the Energy for All Steering Committee met in the afternoon on the 31st January 2012 in New Delhi to discuss latest developments in the Energy for All Partnership. In his opening remarks, Gil-Hong Kim, Director of ADB´s Regional Sustainable Infrastructure Division (RSID) [...]
The World Business Council of Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and TERI-BCSD have convened the side event Business Solutions for Sustainable Energy for All: Corporate Leadership in Addressing Energy Challenges in India, on the 1st February 2012 (9.30 am – 1 pm) in Taj Palace Delhi. The event aimed to promote dialogue between business leaders in the Indian energy [...]
Bangkok, 19 January 2012—New analysis from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), based on case studies from across Asia and the Pacific, calls for a set of “energy plus” services – one that combines access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity, with measures that generate cash, supplement incomes and improve health and education. Issued [...]
16 January 2012, Abu Dhabi — In his keynote address today to the World Future Energy Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on governments, the private sector, and civil society to make significant commitments to action in support of his Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. His call to action underscores the importance of energy to [...]
New charity dedicated to the global eradication of energy poverty Supported by Secretary of State for International Development and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. Strategy includes a global awareness campaign, an Open Knowledge Base and the creation of an investment fund UN estimates that 1.3 billion people have no access to electricity and a further [...]
From 15 and 16 September, 2011, African Energy Ministers met at the Ministerial Conference on “Road to Durban: Promoting Sustainable Energy Access in Africa”, to reach consensus on the priorities for supporting Africa’s energy development agenda in a sustainable manner in advance of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP 17/CMP 7) of the [...]
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched his new energy access initiative and a high-level group to implement it. The initiative seeks to achieve the goal of Sustainable Energy for All by 2030 by meeting three inter linked global targets, including universal access to modern energy services; doubling energy efficiency; and doubling the share [...]
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