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On Tuesday, 26 November, delegates to OWG 5 continued discussing sustained and inclusive economic growth, macroeconomic policy questions (including international trade, international financial system and external debt sustainability), infrastructure development and industrialization during the morning, and began discussing energy during the afternoon.
Comments during the morning included calls for a new model of development and governance with transparent decision making and equitable participation of all states, and the need for economic growth models that balance equality and efficiency and coherent economic policies at all levels. One delegate stressed the importance of, inter aliaa: focusing the current agenda on convergence; avoiding over-clustering issues in generic goals and focusing on what is “goalable”; identifying the multidimensionality of poverty; unpacking the private sector’s responsibilities; and infrastructure and connectivity. Different country circumstances, access for all to economic and social infrastructure, and an international enabling environment for development were also highlighted as key issues to be addressed.
The OWG began its discussion of energy issues during the afternoon session with presentations by Adnan Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Vijay Modi, Columbia University, and Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley. At the end of the discussion, Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sustainable Energy for All and Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All, highlighted that top-down and bottom-up actions are necessary, and proposed adoption of a global goal for secure sustainable energy for all with seven targets or indicators on: universal energy access; energy efficiency; renewable energy; energy-health nexus; energy-water nexus; energy-food nexus; and energy-women’s empowerment nexus.
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