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UN Secretary-General Calls for New Energy Approaches
2006/5/12
New York, New York [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for new approaches to energy use with a focus on greater efficiency, increased investment in renewable sources and new technologies.
"We need a revolution in energy efficiency," he told the opening plenary of the three-day High-Level Segment of the Commission on Sustainable Development in New York. "Conventional power stations waste 65 percent of the energy they generate. We must capture and use that excess heat, and make greater use of hybrid vehicles and other energy-efficient technologies."
He also called for cutting the pollution generated by fossil fuels, for example, through the use of so-called "clean coal," and pointed out that the high cost of oil imposes economic burdens on some poor countries while contributing to climate change.
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All countries must be more rigorous in carrying out what they have agreed to do, he said, arguing that any measures to lessen climate change or adapt to it had to be integrated into national sustainable development strategies.
"In this great endeavor, there is work for everyone," Mr. Annan said. "Governments must use their power to set the ground rules, lay out the standards, put the right incentives in place, and deploy their purchasing power to procure energy-efficient goods and services."
He noted that global financial institutions controlling a total of some $4 trillion signed on last week at the New York Stock Exchange to a new set of principles for responsible investment, in which it is clearly spelled out that what is not sustainable is not responsible.
"Financial markets, banks, private business and industry, civil society and private citizens," Mr. Annan said, "all have distinct roles to play." |
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