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Title

Pathways to sustainable energy : accelerating energy transition in the UNECE region.

Author

Brkic, Iva,

Publication

• Geneva : United Nations, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

United Nations. Economic Commission for Europe, issuing body.

Description

xv, 47 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 30 cm.

Summary

"Energy underpins economic development and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has a critical role to play in climate change mitigation. The recognition of the role that energy plays in modern society is highly significant, however, there remains an important disconnection between agreed energy and climate targets and the approaches in place today to achieve them. Only international cooperation and innovation can deliver the accelerated and more ambitious strategies. Policies will be needed to all the persistent gaps to achieve the 2030 Agenda. If the gaps are not addressed urgently, progressively more drastic and expensive measures will be required to avoid extreme and potentially unrecoverable social impacts as countries try to cope with climate change. This report uniquely focuses on sustainable energy in the UNECE region up to 2050 as regional economic cooperation is an important factor in achieving sustainable energy. Arriving at a state of attaining sustainable energy is a complex social, political, economic and technological challenge. The UNECE countries have not agreed on how collectively they will achieve energy for sustainable development. Given the role of the UNECE to promote economic cooperation it is important to explore the implications of different sustainable energy pathways and for countries to work together on developing and deploying policies and measures"--back cover.

Series Statement

ECE Energy Series, 1014-7225 ; No. 67

Uniform Title

ECE energy series ; no. 67.

Alternative Title

Accelerating energy transition in the UNECE region

Subjects

• Sustainable development
• Renewable energy sources
• Sustainable development > European Union countries
• Renewable energy sources > European Union countries
• European Union countries

Note

• "This report was prepared by Iva Brkic under strategic guidance and advice of Stefanie Held, Chief of the Sustainable Energy Section, and with the support of the UNECE Sustainable Energy Division."--Acknowledgements.
• At head of title: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
• "ECE/ENERGY/131"--Title page verso.
• "Sales No.: E.20.II.E.14"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).

ISBN

• 9789211172287
• 9211172284
• 9789210046558 (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library