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United Nations |
A/60/154 |
General Assembly |
Distr.: General 25 July 2005 Original: English |
Sixtieth session
Item 54 (f) of the provisional agenda*
Sustainable development
Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy,
including the culmination of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005
Report of the Secretary-General
Summary
The accelerated development and increased use of new and renewable sourcesof energy offer options with multiple benefits for sustainable development.Renewable sources of energy can be used to provide modern energy services to thepoor, contribute to meeting the increasing global energy demand, reduce airpollution, mitigate climate change and delay the eventual fossil-fuel depletion. TheWorld Solar Programme 1996-2005 has made a significant contribution to risingawareness of the increased role that new and renewable sources can play in theglobal energy supply. New and renewable sources of energy have begun entering themainstream of national and international energy-policy formulation and nowconstitute an integral element of the global vision for sustainable development.Although gradually increasing, the share of energy now derived from new andrenewable sources remains far below its economic potential. Beginning with theWorld Summit on Sustainable Development, renewable energy has figuredprominently in intergovernmental and international meetings. The fourteenth andfifteenth sessions of the Commission on Sustainable Development will focus onenergy for sustainable development, atmosphere/air pollution, climate change andindustrial development, and will provide an opportunity to formulate the follow-upto the World Solar Programme 1996-2005.
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