UN has declared unanimously the decade 2014 – 2024 as the “Decade for the Sustainable Energy for all” highlighting in this way the aspect of the sustainable energetic development for all the people of the world. UN reaffirms, with this resolution, its willingness to establish a sustainable energy for all, after the successful organisation of the International year of sustainable energy for all in 2012.
The decade from 2014 to 2024 has been declared by UN as the Decade of Sustainable Energy for all. Picture from Dannyqu (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)
The objective of this declaration is to call attention from Governments and International Organisations to:
- Increase the use of sustainable energy sources
- Increase the energy efficiency
- Achieve universal access to energy
- Move forward in the development of the renewable technologies and
- Moderate the use of conventional energy sources (fossil fuels, nuclear, etc)
All of these measures aim to satisfy the growing energy demand and reduce the environmental impact.
UN initiative is noted by the relevance given to the universal access to the energy. Energy is a key element necessary to develop and increase any economy. Without energy anything can be produced and the lifestyle is severely affected.
82 developing countries from Africa and Middle East, America and Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and Europe have joined the initiative and will implement actions during this decade.
UN has established through its programme SE4ALL a number of high impact actions and opportunities that have been identified as having significant potential to advance the main objectives of the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All. Approximately 50 high impact actions opportunities have been identified to date. Some examples include:
- Advanced lighting and appliance efficiency
- Building energy efficiency
- Energy and women’s health
- Finance
- Modern cooking appliances and fuels
- Off-Grid lighting and charging
- Phase out of gas flaring
- Sustainable bioenergy
- Sustainable energy for island economies and
- Vehicle fuel efficiency