G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 1/13

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 1/13"

Lora Young
6 years ago
Views:

1 EU Energy Initiative for poverty eradication and sustainable development launched at WSSD, 2002 Initiative to reduce people in exteme poverty Combine EU and EU countries development assistance(oda) focus on Africa (and Pacific) initially government government process results depends of developing governments G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 1/13

2 EU Energy Initiative An initiative to restructure current energy ODA EU energy ODA 795 mill /year, av : Biomass, wood Other 1.1% 1.3% Renewables 14.7% El.networks 27.1% Hydro 16.5% Policy, training, R&D 18.9% Power plants 20.4% G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 2/13

3 EU Energy Initiative one person in EU Commission expands to three EU Advisory Group + NGO Consultations Prep. Conference in Nairobi, November Link with national ODA - positive effect on national ODA 2-year preparation phase ongoing G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 3/13

4 EU Energy Initiative Raises political awareness among decision-makers Clarifies need for energy services for poverty reduction and sustainablen development Makes apparent the need in development strategies Encourage coherence and synergy of energy-activi. Stimulate new resources from private, financial institutions, civil society and others G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 4/13

5 Johannesburg RE Coalition - JREC Formed in Johannesburg with EU, Accession countries, Norway, Switzerland, New Zealand, island states Now 82 countries including Uganda, Canada (June 03) Declaration of the willing, go further than WSSD, set targets for RE meet at climate COPs, EU Green Week in June G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 5/13

6 JREC Secr. at EU Commission, DG ENV Few actual activities within first year Activities seem to merge with Bonn Conf. prep. Good: focus on RE, focus on targets A way of defining new RE targets in Europe 2020 targets A way of having RE commitments from many countries. G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 6/13

7 Bonn2004 International Conference Invited by Germany Ambitions of start of global development Conference of states, NGOs and industry invited Framework for General agreement (including USA) JREC target setting International RE Institution Other agreements (North South?) G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 7/13

8 Bonn2004 Preparations General: Sonderborg, Denmark, Sept Africa: Nairobi, November 21 Latin America: Brazil (Rio?) Asia: New Delhi? Europe: Berlin, January Bonn June 1-4, 2004 G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 8/13

9 Sonderborg: RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE MARKET Conclusions: Development requires a strong and firm policy framework with long-term commitments and must provide a clear vision for the role of RE in energy systems Clear and realistic targets on the share of renewable energy are a fundamental policy measure The policy framework should provide sufficient investment security. ((3 pages of conclusions G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 9/13

10 Berlin: European Cooperation Intelligent Policy Options Renewable energy development and policy frameworks up to 2003 in the Union and other European countries Assessment of initiatives taken at European level showcasing of best-practice examples Market trends and technology development of renewable energy sources and projections up to 2020 Targets for 2020 within the European Union and in other (JREC)countries G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 10/13

11 Berlin Conference - Outcome State of the art summaries and overviews of renewable energy market and policy developments up to 2003 Identification of successful renewable energy policies Measures for strengthening the renewable energy industry Strategies for increasing renewable energy up-take in an enlarged Europe Renewable energy targets for 2020 Europe s input to Bonn2004 G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 11/13

12 Bonn NGO activites Strategy meeting, Bonn Oct. 5-8 NGOs in Prep. committee: WWF, Greenpeace, DK. Folkecenter for RE German Forum Umwelt & Entwicklung involved Climate Network Europe set up list G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 12/13

13 Bonn NGO ideas Information to involve NGO nationally, newsletter etc. NGOs should be involved in national strategies Development of long-term visions Involvement in official process Follow-up, involved in implementation of agreements from Bonn G.B.Olesen - INFORSE-Europe 13/13

Page 1 of 6. (As adopted during the last session of UNFF10 on Saturday 20 April 2013)

Page 1 of 6. (As adopted during the last session of UNFF10 on Saturday 20 April 2013) Resolution of Working Group One on Progress in implementation of the non-legally binding instrument on all types of forests (Item 3), Regional and subregional inputs (Item 4), Forests and economic development