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Document Title UNECE and the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All
Reference Number GRPE-63-30
Date
20 Jan 2012
Summary Presentation by the Sustainable Energy Division of the UN Economic Commission for Europe on UNECE activities in support of the UN's 2012 "International Year for Sustainable Energy for All".
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GRPE | Session 63 | 17-20 Jan 2012

75. A representative of the Energy Division of the UNECE secretariat informed GRPE about the activities related to the year 2012, proclaimed as the year of “Sustainable Energy for All” by the UN General Assembly in its Resolution 65/151 (GRPE-63-30). He underlined the “UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Initiative on Sustainable Energy for All”, focusing on its three targets for 2030: universal energy access, double energy efficiency and double renewable energy mix. He also mentioned the activities that will be undertaken by the UNECE, including in particular an exhibition on “the Energy R[E]volution” planned to be held in the “Palais des Nations”, in Geneva, from 27 February to 16 March 2012. He invited GRPE experts to participate in this exhibition and to contribute to the event, offering the possibility to showcase new innovative technologies on transport, energy and sustainability, including electric vehicles.

76. The GRPE Chair invited all interested experts to contact the representative of the UNECE Energy Division (gianluca.sambucini@unece.org).