Sustainable Energy
Introduction
UNECE’s work on sustainable energy is designed to improve access to affordable and clean energy for all and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the carbon footprint of the energy sector in the region. It promotes international policy dialogue and cooperation among governments, energy industries and other stakeholders. The focus is on energy efficiency, cleaner electricity production from fossil fuels, renewable energy, coal mine methane, gas, classification of energy and mineral reserves and resources, and energy security. Read more
Key areas of work
In focus
UNECE Resource Management Week 2021 - 12th Session of the Expert Group on Resource Management
Palais des Nations, Geneva , Switzerland and ONLINE
26 April (10:00)-30 April (18:00) 2021
How is the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) working with countries to attain Carbon Neutrality in the ECE Region?
Many countries in the ECE region are embracing carbon neutrality recognized as the first milestone towards sustainable energy, with leaders like Canada, Denmark, France, and the United Kingdom, said Olga Algayerova during a C2GTalk interview with Janos Pasztor, Executive Director. Executive Secretary calls for countries to recommit to the future, “We are really running out of time and urgent action is needed”. Highlighting that UNECE provides a platform for technology-neutral dialogue and are keen to work with C2G to help countries get better informed about new emerging technologies that could play an important role in fighting climate change in the future.
For more information see recent UNECE recent reports CCUS technology brief and Geologic CO2 storage in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia An initial analysis of potential and policy.
Highlights
Hydrogen in Europe: Russia’s friend or foe? Водород в Европе: друг или враг России?
29 October 2020 – Hydrogen is a bridge to achieving carbon neutrality. It is not zero-carbon today, but should be in the future. To achieve that, good planning is key. Some member States have already developed a hydrogen strategy, some are working on it. Who does what on hydrogen and how UNECE could help the member States coordinate their efforts is in the presentation that was given on 29 October 2020 at the online conference: “Development of renewable energy sources in the European Union and the assessment of their effectiveness”, organized by the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University R.E. Alekseeva.
Sustainable Energy Subprogramme Quarterly Report 4th Quarter 2019 (October-December 2019)
UNFC-related papers presented at SPE ATCE-2019
How can we achieve energy for sustainable development?
LinkedIn article by Scott Foster, Director, Sustainable Energy at UNECE, 21 February 2019 Read more articles
Applying UNFC to Solar Energy - An Introduction
This video provides a short introduction to the application of UNFC to solar energy and the benefits it will bring in particular to investors in energy projects.
