International Year of Sustainable Energy all over the World

By Adina Moloman

Sources: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); Sustainable Energy for All

Last year United United Nations established that 2012 will be the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All. This year initiative is part of UN goal of universal energy access by 2030, a long term goal that is dedicated to ending energy poverty and achieving universal energy access by 2030.

To achieve this goal a proposition that was made to all governments is to look for invest in the intellectual capital that will create new, green technologies, by  increasing private and public spending on research and development, and the most important all Governments should facilitate this green technologies by creating specific incentives to reach that.

To accomplish this goal the United Nations also established a budget of 700 billion dollars for the next 20 years, but most important is the participation of all nations’ governments and multinationals companies that are establishing their production base all over the world (for example in Mexico are Mexico Manufacturing Company, etc.)

Also for reaching this United Nations is looking to establish strategic partnership with International Renewable Energy Agencies.

Even when United Nations isn’t an organism that can decide over the initiatives of all countries, to actually expect that all nations will make the same effort, it is important its role since 1959, when UN has implemented the concept of ‘International Years” to draw attention to major issues that are of global importance.

So, by that, this year initiative has its purpose to be a year of reflections and initiatives on energy issues at the local, national, regional and international levels.