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Article | Last updated: 08/07/2013
The funds provided through official development assistance is not sufficient to secure universal energy access. Climate finance instruments represent an untapped potential for investments in energy in developing countries. Private sector enterprises could profit from public–private business models for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The funds provided through official development assistance is not sufficient to secure universal energy access. Climate finance instruments represent an untapped potential for investments in energy in developing countries. Private sector enterprises could profit from public–private business models for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Energy+ incorporates and supports the ambitions of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative: universal access to energy and a doubling of improvement rates in energy efficiency and in the global share of renewable energy by 2030. Energy+ will be a delivery mechanism in support of these goals.
- Secretary-General's High-level Event on Sustainable Energy for All
Statement by Minister of International Development, Heikki Holmås,
New York 24 September 2012