{"id":1286,"date":"2009-10-09T14:18:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=1286"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:53:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:53:18","slug":"un-wants-more-investment-in-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/un-wants-more-investment-in-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"UN wants more investment in renewable energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin:1em;display:block\">\n<div>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 310px; \">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Ban_Ki-moon_Bush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/300px-Ban_Ki-moon_Bush.jpg\" alt=\"President George W. Bush welcomes United Natio...\" title=\"President George W. Bush welcomes United Natio...\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\"><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\">Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:Ban_Ki-moon_Bush.jpg\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (pictured with George Bush) called on businesses and governments to invest in renewable energy to help economies move away from carbon-generating energy schemes. He emphasized the need for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a global public investment programme for renewable energy with appropriate technology transfer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The message was delivered during the 2009 Global Renewable Energy Forum, organized by the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in conjunction with the Government of Mexico. The event started on Wednesday and closes today in Leon, Mexico.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ban said that the pursuit of energy efficiency and the expansion of renewable energy can promote clean development and break the connection between economic growth and rising greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Most importantly, they can help to reduce poverty and empower billions of people whose development is held back by a lack of access to affordable electricity,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Mr. Ban. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our goal is to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSeal the Deal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in Copenhagen. A deal that is ambitious, comprehensive and equitable, so all citizens of the world, whether in industrialized or developing countries, can live in an environmentally sustainable way&#8221;.<br \/>\n<!--adsense#300--><\/p>\n<p>Still on the topic, Reuters reports that the UN Industrial Development Organization Director General Kandeh Yumkella said 2009 saw a 40 per cent decline in renewable energy investments due to the economic crisis. He mentioned that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153annual investments in renewable energy, especially hydroelectric projects, soared more than fourfold to $155 billion between 2004 and 2008, but have dropped in 2009\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/climate-l.org\/2009\/10\/08\/un-secretary-general-urges-investment-in-green-energy-at-opening-of-global-renewable-energy-forum\/\">Climate-l.org<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/story.asp?NewsID=32448&amp;Cr=climate+change&amp;Cr1=\">UN.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-GreenBusiness\/idUSTRE5965LQ20091007\">Reuters<\/a><br \/>\n<!--adsense--><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top:10px;height:15px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" href=\"http:\/\/reblog.zemanta.com\/zemified\/fa193cb0-de6d-40bd-a028-803061a5fb5d\/\" title=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/reblog_e.png?x-id=fa193cb0-de6d-40bd-a028-803061a5fb5d\" alt=\"Reblog this post [with Zemanta]\" style=\"border:none;float:right\"><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/europe-100-renewable-energy-in-2050\/\" title=\"Europe: 100% renewable energy in 2050\">Europe: 100% renewable energy in 2050<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/non-profit-takes-solar-powered-mobile-technology-to-developing-world\/\" title=\"Non-profit takes solar-powered mobile technology to developing world\">Non-profit takes solar-powered mobile technology to developing world<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/happy-world-environment-day\/\" title=\"Happy World Environment Day\">Happy World Environment Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/finnish-company-trials-100-renewable-biodiesel\/\" title=\"Finnish company trials 100% renewable biodiesel\">Finnish company trials 100% renewable biodiesel<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/company-launches-widget-to-help-consumers-save-electricity\/\" title=\"Company launches widget to help consumers save electricity\">Company launches widget to help consumers save electricity<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Wikipedia UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (pictured with George Bush) called on businesses and governments to invest in renewable energy to help economies move away from carbon-generating energy schemes. He emphasized the need for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153a global public investment programme for renewable energy with appropriate technology transfer.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The message was delivered during the 2009 Global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,45],"tags":[131,130,119,88,99,129,112],"class_list":["post-1286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hydropower","category-renewable-energy","tag-developing-country","tag-economic-growth","tag-efficient-energy-use","tag-energy","tag-greenhouse-gas","tag-kandeh-yumkella","tag-technology"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9655,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1286\/revisions\/9655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}