UNECE and Sustainable Energy

The Committee on Sustainable Energy is the principal intergovernmental body at the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) responsible for promoting international cooperation in the field of energy.

The Committee provides a forum for the exchange of information, views and experiences among ECE member states on general energy issues, such as,

• industry restructuring
• market liberalization, and
• energy pricing

Meetings

	UNECE Energy Week: "Investing in Energy Security" Geneva, 26-30 November 2007 including 16th Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and 1st Session of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal and Other Fossil Fuels Documents (updated 8.04.2008) | Final Timetable 28 November | Final Timetable 29-30 November Presentations 28-30 November
	15th Annual Session of Committee on Sustainable Energy, Sustainable Energy Policies: The Key to Energy Security 28-30 November 2006 Documents | Presentations | More Information
	Second Regional Implementation Forum on Sustainable Development with Focus on Energy 15-16 December 2005
	More Information
	Committee on Sustainable Energy, Meeting of the Extended Bureau
	14 December 2005
	Documents | Presentations
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	Committee on Sustainable Energy, Steering Committee of the EE21 Project & Related Meetings
	27 June - 1 July 2005
	Documents | Presentations: 27 June | 28 June* | 29 June (Kyoto Protocol) |  30 June |  30 June (EE21) | 1 July (EE21)
	* Presentations delivered at the Energy Security Forum Meeting on 28 June will be issued as a CD-Rom
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	Committee on Sustainable Energy, Meeting of the Extended Bureau
	9 December 2004
	Documents | Presentations
	Open only to the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Committee and Chairmen of the Subsidiary Bodies
	Committee on Sustainable Energy - 13th Session and Related Meetings
	19-21 November 2003
	Documents  | More Information

Objectives

The aim of the focus of these issues is: for the elaboration of energy strategies and policies to facilitate the societal transition to more sustainable forms of energy development; for the harmonization of legislation, regulatory systems and policies; and for the development and implementation of norms, standards, and labelling and classification systems in the field of energy.

The Committee monitors and coordinates the work of its subsidiary bodies, namely the Working Party on Gas, the Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 Project, the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal in Sustainable Development and the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Electric Power. Likewise, the Committee oversees the provision of technical assistance to countries with economies in transition to help implement market-oriented energy policies and market-based energy reforms as well as to promote the development of the energy sector.

A number of Task Forces and Ad Hoc Groups have and are being created as an efficient vehicle to carry out the programme in the field of normatives activities, such as the Task Force on the Implementation of the UN Framework Classification for Reserves/Resources; Ad Hoc Group on the Harmonisation of Terminology of Energy Commodities (petroleum, natural gas, uranium, and coal); and Intergovernmental Task Force on Reforming Energy Prices for Sustainable Energy Development.

Further information

Further information on the Committee on Sustainable Energy is available on the following pages:

	Annual Review of the Committee on Sustainable Energy
	Operating Modalities of the Committee on Sustainable Energy
	Structure of the Committee on Sustainable Energy and Subsidiary Bodies