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The world is witnessing a new revolution driven by various trends and technologies, and the race is on for new transformative models in energy and material flows. These transformations are shaped by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate action. As new…
The World Bank and the International Energy Agency launched the 2017 Global Tracking Framework (GTF) report in New York on 3 April during the SE4All Forum. The GTF report is intended to measure success in achieving the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative. The…
Natural gas is often considered the cleanest fossil fuel. However, its principal component, methane, is a potent greenhouse gas. Although short-lived in the atmosphere, methane contributes more than ten per cent to the overall anthropogenic emissions. Reducing methane emissions is one of the low…
By mid-century, India’s economy will grow five-fold, according to te goverment’s projections. India will become the most populous country in the world, with over 1.6 billion people, up from the current 1.25 billion. These additional 350 million people will be absorbed almost entirely by…
Rising population and increasing urbanization will have a massive global impact on the demand for energy and raw materials. Many countries will increasingly look to secure sustainable supplies of energy and minerals by proactively developing their domestic resource base where available.…
How to deliver on the national commitments on energy in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement? This is the key question that will be at the center of debates at the Ministerial meeting on energy to take place on 11 June 2017 at the outset of the…
The inability to identify and assess energy efficiency projects and inadequate price signals on energy markets are key challenges to improving energy efficiency in industry. Without correct price signals, designing and implementing effective energy efficiency measures that mobilize…
Four UNECE member States are showcasing their actions on producing, trading, transforming and consuming energy in an exhibition on display until 24 January 2017 in the Palais des Nations, E-Building. The exhibition features selected examples of ongoing energy transition in Azerbaijan, Germany,…
Fossil fuels comprise currently 81% of global primary energy supply. There is no plausible scenario in which their share of the energy mix drops below 40% by 2050 even in a scenario that meets a 2°C target. Some analysts would argue the future share of fossil energy will be much higher…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires countries to pursue concerted and accelerated action on energy in their national programmes. In order to understand the full implications of the development imperatives, countries need to apprehend what has been agreed both in their own…
Buildings consume 70 per cent of generated electrical power in the developed world and are responsible for 40 percent of CO2 emissions. Radical improvement in their energy efficiency is thus crucial to global sustainability and to achieving several of the Sustainable Development Goals. However a…
Current systems of energy provision and demand need to change significantly in order to address the so-called energy ‘trilemma’ – how to consistently provide affordable energy services, achieve security of energy supplies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy conversions to mitigate…
Interest in the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC) as a tool for natural resource management continues to grow worldwide. The practical application of UNFC in classifying resources such as coal, uranium, thorium, oil and gas…
About 3.5 billion people have no reliable access to electricity. As the global population grows from the current 7 billion to more than 9 billion by 2050, providing sustainable energy for all is becoming increasingly challenging. In many parts of the world key energy materials occur together in…
Experts from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Thailand recently translated the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC) into Thai. A copy of the publication in Thai…
Discussing the sustainability credentials of natural gas might not be the first thing that comes to one’s mind on International Mother Earth Day. But this is nevertheless what happened on 22 April, underlining the importance of the topic debated by the UNECE Group of Experts on Gas.The share of…
Ever growing energy security, environmental and sustainability concerns means that countries and conventional oil and gas companies are increasingly looking to manage their energy portfolio as a mix of conventional and renewable resources. Classification of renewable energy resources, as well as…
Energy impacts every aspect of our lives and underpins the Sustainable Development Goals – yet energy remains a vast and complex subject. An acclaimed online project embraced by both environmental groups and the energy industry, the SWITCH Energy Project, provides a balanced and pragmatic…
Managing methane emissions from energy-related extractive activities is a win-win for delivering on the global promises on climate change and sustainable development. This was the key message delivered by UNECE Executive Secretary Christian Friis Bach in his keynote address to the Global Methane…
“Increasing the uptake of energy efficiency has never been more urgent than today. If the multiple benefits of energy efficiency were known more widely, surely related measures would be implemented better and faster.” This was the strong message on the critical importance of energy efficiency to…
How can advanced fossil fuel technologies help Kazakhstan reduce the carbon footprint of its energy sector while moving towards a clean energy strategy and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? This will be the focus of a workshop organized by UNECE and UNDP on 9-10 March 2016 in Astana,…
What can we do to transform lives? This was the topic common to all the talks at the TEDxPlaceDesNations event that took place in Geneva on February 11. Amongst others, UNECE’s Director of Sustainable Energy, Scott Foster, participated to the event and gave an insightful talk about the…
Eight case studies undertaken in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Malawi, Niger and the United States demonstrate that the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources 2009 (UNFC) can be applied to nuclear fuel resources. The case studies present…
Cuba is considering the United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Reserves and Resources (UNFC) as a national resource management tool. UNFC enables consideration of economic benefits as well as environmental and social advantages when applied as a resource reporting…
Energy is the underlying element of almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainable energy system of the future will thus have to address all aspects of the sustainable development pillars in line with national priorities and concerns, including climate change and natural…