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First Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum
4-6 June 2014 | UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
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Highlights for Friday, 6 June 2014
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The final day of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum convened on Friday, 6 June 2014 at UN Headquarters in New York. Following opening statements from Kandeh Yumkella, Chief Executive Officer, SE4ALL, Martin Sajdik, Austria's Permanent Representative to the UN and President of ECOSOC, Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico, and Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, there was a high-level ministerial dialogue on energy in the post-2015 development agenda. Sixteen ministers, 33 government representatives, and 11 representatives of international organizations and NGOs addressed the Forum.
Many expressed strong support for the SE4ALL initiative, addressed the need for a Sustainable Development Goal on energy, and highlighted the role of sustainable energy in the post-2015 development agenda. Many looked forward to further action on renewable energy, energy efficiency and universal access to energy.
Kandeh Yumkella brought the Forum to a close at 1:46 pm.
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Highlights for Thursday, 5 June 2014
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The second day of the SE4ALL Forum convened on Thursday, 5 June 2014 at UN Headquarters in New York. The United Nations launched the UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024, and announced the dedication of the first two years of the Decade to the "Energy-Women-Children-Health" nexus. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) also launched REmap 2030, a renewable energy road map to double the share of renewable energy in the world's energy mix between 2010 and 2030.
Panels and presentations addressed:
Ten years to transform the world's energy: UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024
Third Meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All Advisory Board
Catalyzing Large Scale Financing and Investment for Sustainable Energy for All
The Energy Linkages
The Human Face of Sustainable Energy for All: Energy, Women, Children and Youth
Doubling the Share of Renewables in the Global Energy Mix
Ensuring Universal Access to Modern Energy Services
Doubling the Global Rate of Improvement in Energy Efficiency
Catalyzing Bottom-up Financing and Investment for Sustainable Energy for All
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Highlights for Wednesday, 4 June 2014
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The first Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum opened on Wednesday morning, 4 June 2014. Following a brief opening plenary, the more than 700 participants attended 46 panel discussions with over 200 speakers throughout the day. The panels were divided into a series of sessions, which included:
Growing the movement
Catalyzing investment through innovative business models
Sharing knowledge and experiences, developing capacity
Accelerating country action
During the day there were also parallel multi-stakeholder sessions and the launch of the Renewables 2014 Global Status Report (REN21).
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Panel (L-R): Will Kennedy, Programme, UN Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP); Aneri Patel, Energy Access Practitioners Network,
UNF; Andrew Webb, SolarAid; Magnus Magnusson, UN Capital Development Fund; Fabby Tumiwa, Institute for Essential Service Reform,
Indonesia; Nii Darko Asante, Energy Commission, Ghana; Martin Krause, UNDP
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Forum Resources
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IISD RS coverage of the Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM5) - “Act Together, Think Creative,” 12–13 May 2014, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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IISD RS coverage of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Africa Clean Energy Corridor High-Level Meeting, Fourth session of the IRENA Assembly, World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2014, and IRENA Renewable Energy Jobs Conference, 17-22 January 2014, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
IISD RS summary report of the Third Vienna Energy Forum (VEF 2013) - “One year after Rio+20: the energy future we want,”, 28-30 May 2013, Vienna, Austria (English: HTML - PDF)
IISD RS coverage of the Fifth meeting of pilot countries participating in the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries, 28-30 May 2013, Bandos Island, Maldives
IISD RS coverage of the High Level Meeting on Energy and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 9 April 2013, Oslo, Norway
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