What's New "Archive"
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October 2006 - - MDG
Support Services - Energy Costing Tool - A crucial part of developing MDG-based
national development strategies is MDG costing, which quantifies the specific financial and human
resources needed, as well as infrastructure required, to meet the MDGs. The Energy Costing Tool
has been designed specifically to help government planners and decision makers estimate the amounts
and types of energy investments required to meet the MDGs.
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September 2006 - Energising
the MDGs: going beyond business-as-usual to address energy access, sustainability and security -
This article highlights the critical importance of sustained, political commitment, articulated
through a national energy vision and priorities, supported by public budgetary allocations.
It also points to carbon financing as an excellent opportunity that goes beyond the limits
of public finance to help accelerate transition to more sustainable energy systems.
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June 2006 - Video
- Renewable Energy in Namibia. UNDP and Namibia's Ministry of Energy help builid
the country's capacity for renewable energy. A UNDP GEF project is helping pave the way for
increased solar energy applications, especially in rural areas of the country. The project
will help deliver the financing for household installation of solar systems as well as installing
solar panels on public buildings, such as schools and health clinics. Play
video.
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May 2006 - White
Paper for a Regional Policy: Geared toward Increasing Access to Energy Services for Rural and
Peri-Urban Populations in order to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals -
Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Region have decided
to engage on an ambitious regional policy in order to increase access to modern energy
services. In that process, their objective is to allow at least half of the population to have
access to modern energy services by the year 2015. This White Paper, produced by ECOWAS
with support from UNDP and the French ministry of Foreign Affairs, describes this policy and
sets time-bound regional targets that are ambitions but necessary for the achievement of the
MDGs.
May
2006 - Energizing
the Millennium Development Goals: UNDP's Key Messages on Energy - This
leaflet presents UNDP's key messages on energy and was launched and distributed at the
CSD-14, the fourteenth Commission on Sustainable Development. The annual United Nations intergovernmental negotiations
on environment, took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 1 to 12 May 2006. As
part of a two-year cycle, CSD-14 (and CSD-15 in 2007), was tasked to review progress
in the thematic cluster of energy for sustainable development, industrial development,
air pollution/atmosphere and climate change
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May 2006 - The UNDP hosted Energizing the Millennium
Development Goals: KNOWLEDGE EXPO was held from May 3 to May 5, 2006, during
the fourteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14). The Expo
featured a keynote address by Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute at Columbia University, and
many panel discussions and exhibits on energy and MDG topics. Click
here for more information and to download presentations.
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May 2006 - Expanding
Access to Modern Energy Services: Replicating, Scaling Up and Mainstreaming at the local
level is a joint publication by the UNDP and Columbia University. This report
is about making progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by expanding
access to modern energy services. It demonstrates that micro-level energy initiatives implemented
through community-based approaches can successfully be scaled up, replicated and/or mainstreamed
to create a sustainable solution to providing energy services. Coupled with a dynamic partnership
and collaborative effort between the national and local governments, civil society, the private
sector and the community, scaling up can result in significant positive development impacts
at the macro-level by influencing national policies and development priorities.
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April 2006 - Energy
Services for the Millennium Development Goals, a joint publication of the UNDP,
UN Millennium Project, the World Bank, and the joint UNDP-World Bank Energy Sector Management
Assistance Programme (ESMAP). This report underscores the importance of energy services for
the MDG agenda, stressing three types of services in particular: modern fuels for cooking
and heating; electricity for public services; and motive power for productive uses in communities.
The report offers practical recommendations for energy planning exercises.
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October 2005 - ESI Africa Newsletter: African
Microhydro Knowledge Network. On 27-28 April representatives from 20 African
governments gathered in Vienna, Austria, to launch the African Microhydro Knowledge Network.
The event was convened to review the preparatory activities for the 'First regional micro/mini
hydropower capacity development and investment projects in rural electricity access in Sub-Saharan
Africa'. The event was co-sponsored by UNDP-GEF, UNIDO, IEFP, and the African
Development Bank (ADB).
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October 2005 - 2004
Report on the Thematic Trust Fund on Energy for Sustainable Development. The
energy fund has been instrumental in linking country-level demand for energy services with
wider development assistance discussions, expanding public-private partnerships, and better
positioning UNDP on energy and the MDGs. This report assesses the fund's outputs and impacts.
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September 2005 - Scaling
up Modern Energy Services in East Africa. This report
outlines a strategy for increasing access to energy services to meet the Millennium Development
Goals in East Africa. It offers suggestions for possible energy interventions, their
costs and impacts. This initiative is supported by UNDP and GTZ, with funding made available
through the Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP). Download
Report
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August 2005 - Energizing the Millennium Development
Goals: A Guide to Energy's Role in Reducing Poverty. This new guide aims to help
development practitioners understand the role of energy services in reaching the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). With Q&A explanations and case examples, it offers an overview
of pertinent issues and suggests how to address energy within broader efforts to attain the
MDGs. Download PDF.
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August 2005 - A regional workshop on Electricity
Access and Development Challenge in Africa was held in Nairobi, Kenya, 13-14 July 2005.
The meeting was organised by AFREPREN/FWD and
co-sponsored by UNDP as a partner to the GNESD. The
objective was to engage regional policy makers in applying the GNESD energy access recommendations to
their local context and to highlight the need for enhancing electricity access among the poor.
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July 2005 - The
Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This UN-Energy
paper focuses on the importance of energy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It
was drafted collectively by the United Nations (UN) agencies, programmes and organizations working in
the area of energy, reflecting their insights and expertise. Download
report.
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July 2005 -
From UN News: Lack
of modern fuels kills 1.6 million people per year, according to newly released
UN-Energy report, The Energy Challenge for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
The report also argues that the lack of modern fuels entrenches poverty, constrains delivery
of social services, limits opportunities for women, and erodes environmental sustainability. Read
UN News article or the report's press
release.
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June 2005 - Meeting
on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy. A meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand
on May 9-11, 2005, gathering leading experts from academia, project practitioners and other
donor agencies. The
meeting, held over three days, explored in detail how to develop markets for renewable energy technology
(RETs) in off-grid areas focusing on productive uses of RETs as the entry point for market development. View
meeting website or download
report.
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May 2005 - Energy Week 2005 took place in Washington,
DC on March 14-16, 2005. The yearly event brings together World Bank Group staff and energy
development practitioners for a three-day conference focused on issues affecting energy services
in developing countries. Visit the Energy
Week website for more information and to download presentations.
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Mar. 2005 - Stuck in the Past: Energy, Environment and Poverty in Serbia and Montenegro.
Energy use in Serbia and Montenegro is unsustainable, hindering growth, poverty reduction
and human development. This report offers energy policy recommendations to reduce poverty
and improve living standards. Read
more or download report.
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Feb. 2005 - "Smoke in the Kitchen:
Health impacts of indoor air pollution in developing countries." UNDP
hosted the seminar on 8 February, 2005 with support from the Intermediate Technology Development
Group, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organisation.
Download event summary, full
seminar proceedings, or view presentations.
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Feb. 2005 - Energy for Sustainable Development in Asia and
the Pacific Region: Challenges and Lessons from UNDP Projects. Publication
features case studies of seven UNDP projects on energy for sustainable development in the
Asia-Pacific region and offers valuable lessons for consideration.
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Jan. 2005 - Achieving the MDGs: The role of energy services. This
report is a product of a research endeavor to analyze what effects targeted energy services
in Brazil, the Philippines and Mali have on the countries’ attainment
of MDG goals.
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Jan. 2005 - UNDP and Energy for Sustainable Development
This brochure explains UNDP’s approach to energy, including an overview of energy activities,
the role of UNDP-GEF and the Clean Development Mechanism.
13 Jan. 2005 - GVEP Facilitators Meeting December
1-3, 2004 Nairobi, Kenya. UNDP supported a 3-day Global Village Energy Partnership
(GVEP) Africa Facilitators meeting for country teams from Cameroon, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya,
South Africa, Zambia and Uganda. Full workshop proceedings
coming soon.
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Nov. 2004 - "Energy with business as usual will not lead to achieving the Millennium Development Goals," Susan
McDade (pictured at right), manager for the Sustainable Energy project of the UN Development
Programme (UNDP), said at a press briefing in New York.
Read
more or Click
here for video briefing (41 min).
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Oct. 2004 - Joint
WHO/UNDP Statement on Indoor Air Pollution
UNDP and the WHO are marking World Rural Women’s Day by drawing attention to Indoor Air Pollution
- one of the major causes of death and disease in the world’s poorest countries.
