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"Sustainable Practices and Stewardship"
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http://tribes.tribe.net/sustainablepractices/thread/1ab515f8-fe0c-4d90-85f4-6691595286e8
Keywords : green technology, green economy, climate protection, United Nations Environment Programme.
Energy Efficiency Is a Game Changer for Climate Protection
Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Kandeh K. Yumkella, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/achim-steiner/energy-efficiency-is-a-ga_b_5849254.html
(c) 2014 Huffington Post, Updated: 09/19/2014 8:59 pm EDT
We used to call it "being thrifty" ... it means doing more with less, and in the run-up to the Climate Summit at the United Nations on 23 September 2014, this approach could be a real game changer for climate protection.
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The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative is working with partners, such as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to give everyone on Planet Earth access to clean and modern forms of energy by improving the way we use energy and doubling the use of renewable sources of energy...If we can double our energy efficiency by 2030, a major objective of the Initiative, we can greatly reduce the threat of severe climate change, improve our environment, and save a LOT of money.
How much? The International Energy Agency this week reported that our global economy could be $18 trillion better off by 2035 if we adopted energy efficiency as a "first choice" for new energy supplies... Targeted energy efficiency measures could deliver close to 50 percent of the emissions reductions required to limit global warming to 2 degrees C by 2020 -- a threshold that climate scientists warn should not be breached...
We looked at the different sectors shaping our daily lives and identified five of them -- buildings, lighting, appliances, district energy systems and transport -- to form a Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. Accelerating energy efficiency in these five sectors will harness multiple benefits. The platform is not only about cutting greenhouse gases, but also about reducing environmental pollution, promoting social and economic development, increasing productivity and improving health and well-being...
Current and planned energy efficiency policies harness merely a third of the economically viable energy efficiency potential...The Accelerator platform brings together countries, cities, businesses, investors, civil society and individuals ready to do more with less, ready to work together to get more from our existing resources.
What if someone proposed that you could save $11 trillion in the next 15 years, reduce CO2 emissions by 5 gigatons, create a huge number of jobs -- and help make modern energy services available for all across the world...
[ end excerpt, asserting fair use of United Nations official outreach. ]
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/
The Voice of the Environment
UNEP, established in 1972, is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment.
UNEP work encompasses:
Assessing global, regional and national environmental conditions and trends
Developing international and national environmental instruments
Strengthening institutions for the wise management of the environment.
"Sustainable Practices and Stewardship"
at
http://tribes.tribe.net/sustainablepractices/thread/1ab515f8-fe0c-4d90-85f4-6691595286e8
Keywords : green technology, green economy, climate protection, United Nations Environment Programme.
Energy Efficiency Is a Game Changer for Climate Protection
Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Kandeh K. Yumkella, United Nations Under-Secretary-General
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/achim-steiner/energy-efficiency-is-a-ga_b_5849254.html
(c) 2014 Huffington Post, Updated: 09/19/2014 8:59 pm EDT
We used to call it "being thrifty" ... it means doing more with less, and in the run-up to the Climate Summit at the United Nations on 23 September 2014, this approach could be a real game changer for climate protection.
...
The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative is working with partners, such as the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to give everyone on Planet Earth access to clean and modern forms of energy by improving the way we use energy and doubling the use of renewable sources of energy...If we can double our energy efficiency by 2030, a major objective of the Initiative, we can greatly reduce the threat of severe climate change, improve our environment, and save a LOT of money.
How much? The International Energy Agency this week reported that our global economy could be $18 trillion better off by 2035 if we adopted energy efficiency as a "first choice" for new energy supplies... Targeted energy efficiency measures could deliver close to 50 percent of the emissions reductions required to limit global warming to 2 degrees C by 2020 -- a threshold that climate scientists warn should not be breached...
We looked at the different sectors shaping our daily lives and identified five of them -- buildings, lighting, appliances, district energy systems and transport -- to form a Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform. Accelerating energy efficiency in these five sectors will harness multiple benefits. The platform is not only about cutting greenhouse gases, but also about reducing environmental pollution, promoting social and economic development, increasing productivity and improving health and well-being...
Current and planned energy efficiency policies harness merely a third of the economically viable energy efficiency potential...The Accelerator platform brings together countries, cities, businesses, investors, civil society and individuals ready to do more with less, ready to work together to get more from our existing resources.
What if someone proposed that you could save $11 trillion in the next 15 years, reduce CO2 emissions by 5 gigatons, create a huge number of jobs -- and help make modern energy services available for all across the world...
[ end excerpt, asserting fair use of United Nations official outreach. ]
United Nations Environment Programme
http://www.unep.org/
The Voice of the Environment
UNEP, established in 1972, is the voice for the environment within the United Nations system. UNEP acts as a catalyst, advocate, educator and facilitator to promote the wise use and sustainable development of the global environment.
UNEP work encompasses:
Assessing global, regional and national environmental conditions and trends
Developing international and national environmental instruments
Strengthening institutions for the wise management of the environment.
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