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21st Session Committee on Sustainable Energy
28 - 29 November 2012
Salle VII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The 21st Session of the Committee on Sustainable Energy focused on “Managing Change: Enabling the Shift to Sustainable Energy”. The meeting took place in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, on 28-29 November 2012.
The substantive discussion of the Committee on Sustainable Energy opened with introductory presentations on the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, Rio+20 and Managing Change, as applicable to the UNECE region.
In line with the objectives of the Secretary General's initiative on Sustainable Energy for All, the dialogue considered the situation in the UNECE region in relation to access to energy for all, doubling the rate in energy efficiency and increasing the share of renewables in the energy mix.
| Documents | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provisional Programme | |||
| Managing Change: Enabling the Shift to Sustainable Energy - Summary Note | |||
| Annotated Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-first session-Revision ECE/ENERGY/88/Rev. 1 | |||
| Annotated Provisional Agenda for the Twenty-first session ECE/ENERGY/88 | |||
| Report of the Committee on Sustainable Energy on its twenty-first session ECE/ENERGY/89 | |||
| Regional Advisory Services in the Field of Energy ECE/ENERGY/2012/1 | |||
| Cooperation and coordination with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations ECE/ENERGY/2012/2 | |||
| Provisional Calendar of Meetings for 2013 ECE/ENERGY/2012/3 | |||
| Biennal Evaluation Report for 2010-2011 ECE/ENERGY/2012/4 | |||
| Draft Strategic Framework for 2014-2015 ECE/ENERGY/2012/5 | |||
| Draft Prgramme of work for the subprogramme on Sustainable Energy for 2012-2013 ECE/ENERGY/2011/4 |
| Presentation Title & Author | ENG | FRE | RUS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 November 2012 | |||
| Managing Change: Enabling the Shift to Sustainable Energy (agenda item 3) | |||
| Energy at UNECE as seen by the Chair of G20/G8 in 2013 Evgeniy Nadezhdin, Advisor to the Director General, Russian Energy Agency | |||
| The UN Conference on Sustainable Development and the SE4All Initiative Marina Ploutakhina UNIDO/SE4All | |||
| The UN Conference on Sustainable Development and the SE4All Initiative – The EU Contribution Faouzi Bensarsa, Representative of the European Commission, Special Advisor for Energy Matters representing Commissioner Piebalgs | |||
| Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change: Perspectives on Renewable Fuels John Reilly, Co-Director, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA | |||
| Doubling the Uptake of Energy Efficiency in the UNECE Region Robert Tromop, Head Energy Efficiency Unit, International Energy Agency | |||
| Doubling the Share of Renewable Energy by 2030 Dolf Gielen, Director, Innovation and Technology Centre, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) | |||
| Global Vision for Gas: The Pathway towards a Sustainable Energy Future with Energy Access, Energy efficiency and Renewable Energy Torstein Indrebo, Secretary General, International Gas Union | |||
| Energy Efficient Building Policy Framework Jennifer Layke, Executive Director of JCI’s Institute for Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls | |||
| Monitoring Progress of Achieving Sustainable Energy for All Vivien Foster, Sector Manager, Energy Unit Sustainable Energy Department, World Bank | |||
| The Fundamental Role of Mediterranean Energy Regulators in Shaping a Harmonized Electricity Market in the Mediterranean Region Isabella Alloisio, Manager, MEDREG | |||
| Cooperation and coordination with other Sectoral Committees of the Commission (agenda item 4) ROUND TABLE | |||
| The changing role of electricity- reducing the environmental footprint of fossil based electricity Hans Püttgen, Professor and Director, Energy Center EPFL – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne | |||
| Development Policies and Cross-Sectoral Coordination Monika Linn, Principal Adviser to the Executive Secretary, UNECE | |||
| Environmental Policy Zaal Lomtadze, Chief of Section, Environmental Policy, UNECE Environment Division | |||
| Housing and Land Management; Forestry and Timber Paola Deda, Chief of Section, UNECE FAO Forestry and Timber Section | |||
| Statistics Lidia Bratanova, Director, UNECE Statistical Division | |||
| Transport Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE Transport Division | |||
| Economic Cooperation and Integration Geoffrey Hamilton, Chief of Section, Cooperation and Partnerships Section, UNECE Economic Cooperation and Integration Division | |||
| Sustainable Energy Scott Foster, Director, UNECE Sustainable Energy Division | |||
| Review of the work of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies after the 2005 UNECE Reform (agenda item 6); Regional Advisory Services in the field of energy (agenda item 7) ROUND TABLE | |||
| Review of the UNECE activities on Energy Jean-Christophe Füeg | |||
| United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources (UNFC) Michael Lynch-Bell, Chairman Ex-officio, Expert Group on Resource Classification | |||
| Coal Mine Methane (CMM) Ray Pilcher, Chairperson, Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Coal Mine Methane | |||
| Working Party on Gas (WPG) Alexei Zorya , Working Party on Gas, Extended Bureau Member, Sergey Balashov, Chairperson, UNECE Gas Centre | |||
| UNECE Gas Centre Sergey Balashov, Chairperson, UNECE Gas Centre | |||
| Steering Committee on Energy Efficiency 21 (EE21) Mark Hopkins, Chairperson, Steering Committee of the Energy Efficiency 21 (EE21) Programme | |||
| Group of Experts on Global Energy Efficiency 21 (GEE21) Robert Tromop, Chairperson, Group of Experts on Global Energy Efficiency 21 | |||
| Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation Evgeniy Nadezhdin, Chairperson, Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency Investments for Climate Change Mitigation | |||
| Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal and other Fossil Fuels (CEP) Vladimir Budinsky, acting Chairperson, Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Cleaner Electricity Production from Coal and other Fossil Fuels | |||
| Regional advisory services in the field of energy Adam Sek, Regional Adviser | |||
| 29 November 2012 | |||
| Cooperation and coordination with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations (agenda item 5) Managing Change- Enabling the shift to Sustainable Energy- Actions by countries and the role of UN Regional Commissions | |||
| UN Regional Economic Commissions Their role in support of SE4ALL Martin Krause, Energy and Environment Practice Leader | |||
| Kyrgyzstan Shamil Dikambaev, Director of Energy Center, Ministry of Energy and Industry | |||
| Kazakhstan Askar Tazhiyev, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||
| Tajikistan Khaidar Kholov, Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry | |||
| Switzerland Jean-Christophe Füeg, Head of International Energy Affairs, Federal Office of Energy | |||
| Belarus Uladzimir Kamashka, Deputy Director, Department for Energy Efficiency | |||
| Russian Federation Evgeniy Nadezhdin, Adviser to the Director General, Russian Energy Agency, Russian Federation | |||
| Cooperation and coordination with other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations | |||
| International Energy Agency (IEA) Robert Tromop, Head of Energy Efficiency Unit | |||
| International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Paul Warren, Energy Systems Analyst | |||
| Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Jagoda Sumicka, Trade Policy Analyst | |||
| Energy Charter Secretariat (ECS) Gabriela Prata Dias, Senior Expert | |||
| Energy and Environment Practice Leader, UNP Europe and the CIS, Bratislava Regional Centre, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Martin Krause, Energy and Environment Practice Leader | |||
| Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage: Global Benefits and Local Advantages Barbara N. McKee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil | |||
| Chairman's Summary - Item 3 |