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Contributions from
the Column
Facts and trends
Results of renewables 2004
The security threat of climate change
Growth engine micro finance
G7 split on debt relief
Kenya: accusations of corruption
USA authorises generic AIDS drugs
GDI course for university graduates
Arab Human Development Report
ACP countries and EU sugar-regime reform
03/2005
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[ renewables 2004 ]
Climate protection
with sustainable energy sources
If all the promises made at last years “renewables 2004” conference in Bonn are lived up to, that will be an important contribution to the implementation of the Kyoto protocol that came into effect on 16 February. In mid-January, the conference organisers presented an analysis of the International Action Programme (IAP), which the conference had adopted. According to the analysis, the programme’s 197 measures would lead to an annually increasing reduction in CO2 emissions, which would amount to 1.2 billion tonnes by the year 2015. China would make the greatest contribution by far, as it wants to meet a tenth of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by the year 2010.
61 percent of the IAP commitments was made by governments, the rest by international organisations, industry, non-governmental organisations and local administrations. A good 40 percent of the measures concentrate on research and development as well as on capacity building. Nearly 40 percent address political measures to improve the operating conditions for renewable energies. 29 countries have put together timetables for expanding renewables. The majority of contributions come from Europe (45 percent), followed by Africa and Latin America.
All summed up, the actions and commitments listed in the IAP amount to 326 billion dollars. Complete implementation would increase the generation of electricity from renewable sources by 163 gigawatts by 2015. The German government has proposed that the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) should monitor the implementation of the International Action Programme. The matter will be further discussed at a conference in China later this year. (ell)
On the Internet:
http://www.renewables2004.de/en/2004/outcome_actionprogramme.asp
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