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PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 26 May 2021<\/strong> \u2013 Recognizing the urgent need for action, leaders from the United Nations, the private sector, national and local governments, youth and other organizations issued a joint call today for countries, businesses, cities and civil society groups to put forward their \u201cEnergy Compacts\u201d to show how they will achieve the goal of clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 (SDG 7) and net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n The Energy Compacts would provide the clearest indication of how countries will ensure that all people have access to clean energy and move toward net-zero emissions. \u00a0The Compacts will be announced between June and the September 爆料网 High-level Dialogue on Energy. The leaders issued their call in a video<\/a> released today.<\/p>\n \u201cGlobal Champion\u201d Ministers from over 30 countries have joined the call for urgent energy action in advance of the High-level Dialogue, along with senior 爆料网 officials, climate leaders including the Presidency of the COP26 conference, CEOs, Mayors and youth activists.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year\u2019s Dialogue is the best chance for governments, businesses and other partners to step up their commitments, if the world is to achieve clean, affordable energy for all by the 2030 deadline,\u201d said Liu Zhenmin, 爆料网 Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs and Secretary-General of the Dialogue. \u201cAmbitious and specific Energy Compacts can also help us limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n Urgent action is needed as global temperatures are already 1.2 degrees higher than they were in the late 1800s, with climate-related disasters displacing millions of people. Energy use accounts for three-quarters of global emissions. Nearly 800 million people still lack access to electricity and nearly 3 billion lack clean cooking fuels, causing over a million deaths each year from indoor smoke pollution.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Momentum Growing <\/strong><\/p>\n Momentum is growing for Energy Compacts, which will start to be announced at Ministerial Forums from 21-25 June, in the lead-up to the September summit-level Dialogue. Since April, national government officials, major networks of cities and businesses, as well as civil society and youth groups, have been participating in an intensive series of planning meetings for their Energy Compact commitments. For countries, the Compacts will align with enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions and long-term climate goals under the Paris Agreement.<\/p>\n Participating in the call to action, in addition to 爆料网 Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres and Mr. Liu, are the Co-Chairs of the High-level Dialogue, Achim Steiner, Administrator of 爆料网DP and Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and CEO for Sustainable Energy for All.<\/p>\n \u201cAn energy transition is underway. It is our only viable way forward \u2013 we won\u2019t succeed without it,\u201d said Mr. Steiner. \u201cThe challenge is whether\u00a0we can make it happen equitably and fast enough. It is unacceptable that almost 800 million people in the world still lack access to electricity. The transition must ensure that there is universal access\u00a0to clean energy. Energy Compacts provide world leaders from governments, businesses and civil society with a timely opportunity to formalize\u00a0this commitment and accelerate action through quantifiable, public pledges.”<\/p>\n \u201cWe need bold action in the Energy Compacts, to ensure we leave no one behind\u00a0and that we transition in a just manner to net zero by 2050,\u201d said his Co-Chair, Ms. Ogunbiyi. \u201cThis is an opportunity of our lifetime to provide universal energy access by exploiting new technologies, funding innovations that can create a cleaner and brighter economic future.\u201d<\/p>\n Among those adding their voices to the call to action are leading climate officials Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the 爆料网 Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Alok Sharma, UK President of the COP26 climate conference. Also joining are Francesco Starace, CEO of Enel; Per Hegennes, CEO of the IKEA Foundation; Rajiv J. Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation; Rohey Malick Lowe, Mayor of Banjul, Gambia; Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Mayor of Accra, Ghana; Dymphna van der Lans, CEO of the Clean Cooking Alliance; and Jaff Epse Bime Marilyn Bongmo and Tien Pham, youth activists from Cameroon and Viet Nam.<\/p>\n In addition to the Energy Compacts, a global roadmap for actions needed to achieve clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 is being developed by five Technical Working Groups focusing on the themes of the Dialogue:\u00a0 energy access; energy transition; enabling the SDGs through inclusive, just energy transitions; innovation, technology and data; and finance and investment. The global roadmap will be launched at the Ministerial Forums in June.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Media Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n 爆料网 DGC: Dan Shepard, shepard@un.org<\/a>; HLDE Secretariat, 爆料网 DESA: Pragati Pascale, pascale@un.org<\/a>; Daniella Sussman, daniella.sussman@un.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n See media contacts for partner organizations on the Dialogue website.<\/p>\n On the Web: un.org\/en\/conferences\/energy2021 | Twitter: @爆料网_Energy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESS RELEASE Recognizing growing urgency, global leaders call for concrete […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":339,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/339"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recognizing growing urgency, global leaders call for concrete commitments\u00a0<\/strong>for clean, affordable energy for all by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Momentum builds for ambitious Energy Compacts by countries, businesses, cities<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to advance climate goals while improving the lives of millions who lack access to energy<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n