The energy challenge for achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Jun 2005

This UN-Energy paper on the importance of energy for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was drafted collectively by the United Nations (UN) agencies, programmes and organizations working in the area of energy, reflecting their insights and expertise. It forms a contribution to the international discourse surrounding the review of progress made towards the MDGs by representatives of business, government and civil society.
The paper presents messages based on technical analysis from the perspective of the economic and social services that energy helps provide, particularly the services covered by the MDGs.
It presents specific recommendations for linking production and access to energy services to poverty reduction programmes and national MDG strategies and campaigns. This builds upon the agreement reached in 2002 at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) reflecting the linkages between energy the MDGs that were included in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI).

By: UN-Energy

 
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