June will be a busy month on the Clean Energy events front. Of course there’s Rio+20, where a number of my REEEPThe Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) is a non-profit, specialist change agent aiming to catalyse the market for renewable energy and energy efficiency, with a primary focus on emerging markets and developing countries. colleagues will be. I’ve got news of a major event running alongside that, but if you can’t make it to Brazil there’s plenty more that month in Brussels, Durban, Hong Kong, Nairobi, Toronto… read on!

Building a Sustainable Future

More than 95%of the people without access to modern energyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy. services are either in sub-Saharan Africa or developing Asia. A range of new initiatives aimed at supporting Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) were announced at CEM3 in London last week. SE4ALL is the UNThe United Nations Organization (UNO) is an international organization that focuses on facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace. It was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace ... Secretary-General’s initiative to achieve universal energy accessEnergy access represents a crucial yet often overlooked dimension to the issue of poverty. Relatively small amounts of energy can satisfy the basic needs of rural populations and have a dramatic impact on quality of life. Despite this, approximately 3 billion people , half the worlds population, ..., double the rate of improvement on energy efficiencyUsing less energy/electricity to perform the same function. Programs designed to use electricity more efficiently - doing the same with less., and double the share of renewable energyRenewable energy is power generated from infinite sources, such as wind or solar power. Conventional energy is generated from finite sources, such as natural gas or fossil oil. in the global energy matrix by 2030. New initiatives included the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP), to promote market-based delivery of low-cost, quality-assured solutions to consumers who currently lack modern energy options; and the Efficient Product Promotion Collaborative, Read more