Internationalt år for bæredygtig energi er begyndt
2012 markeres af FN som det internationale år for bæredygtig energi for alle. Energi har betydning for sundhed, uddannelse, klimaforandringer, fødevaresikkerhed og kommunikation. Derfor er det så vigtigt at sikre en universel tilgang.
More than three billion people in developing countries rely on
traditional biomass for cooking and heating. One and a half billion
people are without electricity and even when energy services are
available, millions of poor people are unable to pay for them.
Thus, there is an inextricable link between energy and
sustainable development and modern, cleaner and more efficient
energy is relevant in the eradication of poverty.
Access to modern affordable energy services in developing
countries is essential for the achievement of the internationally
agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and for achieving
sustainable development, which would help to reduce poverty and to
improve the conditions and standard of living for the majority of
the world's population.
Therefore, the General Assembly of the UN emphasized the
importance of investing in access to cleaner energy technology
options to achieve a climate-resilient future for all and also
pointed out the need to improve access to reliable, affordable,
economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound
energy services and resources for sustainable development.
It also stressed that the wider use and exploration of available
and additional cleaner, new and renewable sources of energy require
technology transfer and dispersal on a global scale, including
through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation. It
also emphasized the need to take further action to mobilize the
provision of adequate financial resources, of sufficient quality
and arriving in a timely manner, as well as the transfer of
advanced technology to developing countries and countries with
economies in transition for providing efficient and wider use of
energy sources, in particular new and renewable sources of
energy.
Further, it reaffirmed the importance of national policies and
strategies to combine, as appropriate, the increased use of new and
renewable energy sources and low carbon emission technologies,
including cleaner fossil fuel technologies, and the sustainable use
of traditional energy services, and enhancing national capacities
to meet the growing energy demand, as appropriate, supported by
international cooperation in this field and by the promotion of the
development and dissemination of appropriate, affordable and
sustainable energy technologies, as well as the transfer of such
technologies on mutually agreed terms.
With leadership from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN-Energy
- a coordinating group of 20 UN agencies - is undertaking a new
global initiative, Sustainable Energy for All.
This initiative will engage governments, the private sector, and
civil society partners globally to achieve three major goals by
2030:
- Ensure universal access to modern energy services.
- Reduce global energy intensity by 40 per cent.
- Increase renewable energy use globally to 30 per cent.
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