INFORSE is participating in the preparations for the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD)’s sessions on energy, 2006-2007, that focuses on energy for sustainable development.

Sustainable Energy Side Event:
Where We are Now and Where We Can Go
May 1, 2006, New York
INFORSE organised a Side Event at CSD in cooperation with HELIO International, on May 1, 2006 in the evening at the UN Building (Conference Room No. 6) in New York.
The Side Event was about INFORSE's Sustainable Energy Vision 2050 and HELIO International's work on sustainable energy indicators worldwide.
Download the Program of the Side Event on May 1, 2006 ( 26 KB)

Read the covarage of the event at:
- IISD newsletter, ENB on the side, May 2, 2006, page 3 ( 500 KB)
- HELIO International website HELIO at CSD14

Read HELIO International Reports to CSD14:
- HELIO's web site www.helio-international.org/reports/2006.cfm
- Read a presentation from HELIO International: ( 268 KB)

UN CSD 14, New York, May1-14, 2006
Gunnar Boye Olesen (INFORSE & Danish 92 Group) was participating on the UN CSD 14.

Intervention by Gunnar Boye Olesen, International Network for Sustainable Energy, on behalf of NGOs for CSD14 thematic discussion 4/5-06 3-6 pm on industrial development and sustainable natural resources.....

"First I would like to welcome the good presentations of the panellist. I hope that the important lessons presented can be used as a basis for our continued work in CSD. Why not let the well-documented concept of factor four for energy efficiency as presented by Dr. Weizsaecker be a target for future development? We would welcome that from the NGOs.

Let me also allow to elaborate on one barrier to energy and resource efficiency and a possible solution: Many energy consuming goods are sold and used in other countries, and in other regions than where they are produced. This is a barrier to increase of energy efficiency. Energy efficiency must start with the production and even with the design of energy consuming goods. This can be best be made with international cooperation, where the users and producers cooperate and use the best available knowledge to increase energy efficiency. Maybe improved international cooperation in this field can also be a result of our work?"

See more on INFORSE Participation and Position on UN CSD:

- INFORSE's participation at UN CSD