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Governments urged to cut emissions using renewable solutions at Bonn climate summit
// GreenPeace.org/

June 6, 2011

Bonn, Germany, 6 June 2011 – As UN climate talks resume in Bonn today, Greenpeace urged governments to scale up climate ambitions and embrace a renewable energy future, following new research by the International Energy Agency (IEA) showing that carbon emissions reached an all time high last year, despite the global recession [1].
“With carbon emissions at record highs, it’s clear that policy makers are out of step with the speed of climate change in the real world”, said Greenpeace International Climate Policy Co-ordinator Tove Maria Ryding. Instead of talking about the problems of climate change, governments needs to start delivering proven solutions, by fasttracking their commitments to cut global emissions and invest in renewable energy”.
The Bonn COP 17 climate meeting comes in the wake of a new IPCC report [2] that shows it is both possible and economically viable to transform existing energy systems into renewable energy solutions that will power our societies, and follows the German government’s decision to close down nuclear powers stations and instead increase reliance on renewable energy.
“In light of Germany’s recent commitment to phase out nuclear power and embrace renewable energy, there couldn’t be a better setting than Bonn for demonstrating the potential of change”, continued Ryding. “Negotiators should take a look at Germany’s new renewable energy vision and realise that the right decisions are not only possible to make, but they bring huge economic benefits and wide public support”.
Widespread support from across the EU for raising emissions targets to a 30% cut in emissions has come from corporations, the European Parliament, ministers, trade unions and other non-governmental organisations. A rapid cut in emissions would deliver increased investment, more jobs, health benefits and lower fuel costs [3].
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/press/releases/Governments-urged-to-cut-emissions-using-renewable-solutions-at-Bonn-climate-summit/

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World should double renewable energy by 2030: U.N.
//Reuters

By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

OSLO | Thu Jun 2, 2011
OSLO (Reuters) - The world should more than double reliance on renewable energy by 2030 as part of goals to slow climate change in a drive that will need strong backing from the private sector, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday.
"The new goal is to have 30 percent of energy supplies from renewable sources by 2030," Kandeh Yumkella, head of the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), told Reuters in a telephone interview.
About 13 percent of energy used now comes from renewable sources, mostly firewood burned in developing nations where many people lack electricity for needs such as lighting or heating. Hydro, wind, geothermal and solar power play smaller roles.
The renewables target would add to a U.N. drive to widen supplies of electricity to everyone by 2030 -- about 2.5 billion people now have little or no access -- and to improve world energy efficiency by 40 percent by 2030, he said.
The push, to be known as the "30/30/30" goals, would be part of efforts to end poverty in developing nations and to combat global warming that the U.N. panel of experts says will bring more heatwaves, droughts, mudslides and rising sea levels.
Yumkella, chair of U.N.-Energy which coordinates energy work by U.N. agencies, also praised a drive for partnerships between the public and private sectors outlined on Thursday. "Without good public-private platforms we can't do this," he said.
"Our dream is that we get a pledge of maybe 40 billion or more by the middle of next year for these goals from private companies," he said.
EARTH SUMMIT
Yumkella said that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon would formally launch the 2030 energy goals this year, aiming for adoption by world leaders at a once-a-decade Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 as part of a shift to a green economy.
It was unclear what it would cost to widen renewable energy use to 30 percent of all energy by 2030, he said.
Earlier estimates show that ensuring access to electricity for all by 2030 would require an extra $35 to $40 billion of capital every year.
Boosting energy efficiency by 40 percent by 2030 need $30 to $35 billion a year for the poorest nations, and $140 to $170 billion a year for middle income countries.
Last month, the U.N. panel of climate scientists said the world could get up to almost 80 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2050, with the right policies to shift from fossil fuels such as coal and oil.
"My proposal is: 'what can we achieve in the next 20 years?'. Based on the analysis we have done it is possible to have 30 percent (of renewables) by 2030," Yumkella said.
He praised the alliance to raise public-pivate energy investments involving the world's biggest utilities such as American Electric Power (AEP) in the non-profit Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership.
Among successful projects were an 86-kilowatt hydroelectric station in Patagonia, Argentina, to provide power to the rural community of Cochico, and a wind and diesel hybrid system of the same size to supply the village of Chorriaca.
Duke Energy helped lead the private investments in the Patagonia projects. Johane Meagher, Executive Director of the non-profit partnership, said that the Patagonia examples could be models for electricity in other parts of the world.
Companies say governments need predictable policies to attract investment. "Stability of policies is critical," said Paul Loeffelman, Head of International Cooperation Affairs at AEP.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/02/us-energy-climate-idUSTRE7516UM20110602

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