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Energy Access - Eradicating Global Energy Poverty
UNF/GNESD Side Event at COP 17
Durban, 5 December 2011
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Stephen
Karekezi (Executive Director, AFREPREN/FWD)
and Daniel Bouille ( Vice President, Foundation Bariloche) |
The meeting was opened by GNESD co-chair Thomas Johansson and
chaired by John Christensen (Head of GNESD Secretariat). Laura
Cozzi, Deputy Head, Office of the Chief Economist, International
Energy Agency (IEA) presented an overview on the recently released
IEA’s report on ‘Energy access status and financing issues’. This
was followed by a talk by Reid Detchon, Vice President, Energy and
Climate, UN Foundation who spoke on Sustainable Energy Year for
All & the UN Secretary General’s Initiative. Radha Muthiah,
Executive Director, Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves (GACC), UN
Foundation Gave an overview on GACC’s activities indicating that
GACC is a public-private initiative aimed at developing a thriving
global market for clean and efficient stoves in addition to
improving livelihood, empowering women and combating climate
change. Highlights from the GNESD work on Bioenergy for Energy
Access and Rural Development prepared by Suani Coelho (Director,
CENBIO and GNESD Member) and Emmanuel Ackom (Manager GNESD) was
presented by Suani Coelho.
The session concluded with a joint presentation from the work
GNESD is undertaking for IRENA on Electrification from Renewables
by Steve Karekezi, Executive Director, AFREPREN/FWD and Daniel
Bouille, Vice President, Foundation Bariloche (FB).
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