Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?

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dc.contributor.authorSpalding-Fecher, Randall
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Harald
dc.contributor.authorMwakasonda, Stanford
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-18T07:51:04Z
dc.date.available2016-02-18T07:51:04Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2016-02-16T10:31:31Z
dc.description.abstractGiven the importance of energy issues to sustainable development, energy was a priority issue at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002. The objective of this paper is to examine the outcomes of the Summit on energy, and to assess them against proposals to address the lack of access to modern energy and the need to move toward a cleaner energy system. We find that lack of political leadership from key countries prevented agreement not only on targets for renewable energy, but also on a programme to promote access. The achievements of the Summit were limited to enabling activities such as capacity building and technology transfer, rather than substantive agreements. While WSSD put energy higher on the agenda than before, no institutional home or programme to take the issues forward has emerged. This therefore remains a critical challenge to be addressed. Achieving this broad goal will require building a coalition to promote cleaner energy, and committing resources to programme for energy access. Based on analysis of proposals and the negotiations, we propose several key areas where progress is still possible and necessary, including: shifting more international public and private energy financing toward access investments and cleaner energy investments, advancing regional approaches to access and renewable energy targets, and a range of mechanisms to strengthen institutional capacity for integrating energy and sustainable development.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00203-9
dc.identifier.apacitationSpalding-Fecher, R., Winkler, H., & Mwakasonda, S. (2005). Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?. <i>Energy policy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17097en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSpalding-Fecher, Randall, Harald Winkler, and Stanford Mwakasonda "Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?." <i>Energy policy</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17097en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSpalding-Fecher, R., Winkler, H., & Mwakasonda, S. (2005). Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: what next?. Energy policy, 33(1), 99-112.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0301-4215en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Spalding-Fecher, Randall AU - Winkler, Harald AU - Mwakasonda, Stanford AB - Given the importance of energy issues to sustainable development, energy was a priority issue at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002. The objective of this paper is to examine the outcomes of the Summit on energy, and to assess them against proposals to address the lack of access to modern energy and the need to move toward a cleaner energy system. We find that lack of political leadership from key countries prevented agreement not only on targets for renewable energy, but also on a programme to promote access. The achievements of the Summit were limited to enabling activities such as capacity building and technology transfer, rather than substantive agreements. While WSSD put energy higher on the agenda than before, no institutional home or programme to take the issues forward has emerged. This therefore remains a critical challenge to be addressed. Achieving this broad goal will require building a coalition to promote cleaner energy, and committing resources to programme for energy access. Based on analysis of proposals and the negotiations, we propose several key areas where progress is still possible and necessary, including: shifting more international public and private energy financing toward access investments and cleaner energy investments, advancing regional approaches to access and renewable energy targets, and a range of mechanisms to strengthen institutional capacity for integrating energy and sustainable development. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Energy policy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0301-4215 T1 - Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next? TI - Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17097 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17097
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSpalding-Fecher R, Winkler H, Mwakasonda S. Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?. Energy policy. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17097.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceEnergy policyen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy/
dc.subject.otherEnergy access
dc.subject.otherInternational negotiations
dc.subject.otherSustainable development
dc.titleEnergy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?en_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsenergy accessen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsinternational negotiationsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssustainable developmenten_ZA
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