Sustainable Energy for All – the global, multi-stakeholder platform that played a core role in putting universal access to modern energy services at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris climate agreement – is shifting gear with a new five-year strategy that will drive action and deliver on those promises.
Calling it an "audacious, historic and transformative expedition," Ban Ki-moon visited the Solar Impulse aircraft as it awaited the next leg of its worldwide, solar-powered journey.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with the pilots and founders of the Solar Impulse, the first solar plane capable of flying day and night without using a drop of fuel that is attempting to circumnavigate the globe, on Monday, 13 June, during the expedition’s stopover in New York City.
Applications are open to individuals, institutions or partnerships based on past and current achievements.
A grid-connected 100 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in the north of Ghana could save the country 40,000 tonnes in annual CO2 emissions, create 3,000 direct jobs, provide livelihoods for 23,000 of the poorest people and earn the country an annual $38 million from energy export.
Country delegations heading to New York for this Friday’s signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement will be traveling climate neutral.
The United Nations' Secretariat building, agencies and missions around the world hit the switch to darken their buildings from 8:30-9:30 p.m. local time on Sat., 19 March, to show their support for climate action.
Coal and gas-fired electricity generation last year drew less than half the record investment made in solar, wind and other renewables capacity, according to a United Nations-backed report released today.
The report also found that for the first time, developing world investments in renewables* (up 19 per cent in 2015) topped developed nations’ (down 8 per […]
Millions of lives can be saved by ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed at the World Future Energy Summit taking place in the United Arab Emirates.
Everyone involved in energy—governments, the private sector, investors and financial institutions, cities, and people everywhere–has understood that we can no longer burn our way to global prosperity, Ban Ki-moon declared at a debate hosted by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Financial Times.
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