"We need to urgently transform the global energy system" Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Channel: United Nations · 2010 · News & Politics
Untied Nations, New York, 27 April 2010 - This morning, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the report of his Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change. He said that for any global climate agreement to be effective and equitable it must address energy access for the poor. The report calls for a new energy pathway that will provide universal access to modern energy sources while addressing the challenges of climate change, sustainable development, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The decisions we make today on energy will have a profound impact on the global climate, on sustainable development, on economic growth, and global security later said the Secretary-General in a press conference, where he was joined by the Advisory Groups chairman, Mr. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and chair of UN Energy, our system-wide mechanism, as well as Mr. Helge Lund, Chief Executive Officer of Statoil and Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
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