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The Global Network on
Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) is a
UNEP facilitated knowledge network
of developing world Centres of Excellence and network
partners, renowned for their work on energy, development, and environment
issues. The main objective of GNESD is to work for reaching the
Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by:
- Strengthening the
Members Centres’ ability to acquire, assimilate, and apply existing
knowledge and experiences.
- Working for a better understanding
of the links
between sustainable energy and other development and environment
priorities, and technology and policy options, leading to better
articulation of practical policies that can be adopted so as to promote
energy for sustainable energy.
- Working to change government policies and
programmes, and private sector, investments, so that these favour energy
for sustainable development approaches.
- Promoting a
communication infrastructure that provides a means for Members to share
experiences and draw on each other’s strengths, expertise, and skills, and
- Strengthened South-South and North-South
exchange of knowledge and collaboration on energy issues of common
interest.
Member Centres coordinate joint activities
within the fields shown above, exchange information, carry out analytical
studies and supply policy support. GNESD thereby makes it easier for each Member
Centre to provide environmentally sound energy policy advice
supporting sustainable development. The work in GNESD is theme driven and carried out on the
basis of ad-hoc Working Groups consisting of representatives from the
participating 20 Centres of Excellence.
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