Energy Efficiency Green Paper

EU’s international energy efficiency actions

January 18th, 2006

The EU’s Energy Finance Initiative, focusing on policy dialogue, in parallel with specific partnerships and actions on access to energy, is expected to be an important stimulus for energy efficiency actions to benefit developing countries, and at the same time provide an opportunity for partnerships to develop energy efficiency actions and technologies. An estimated two billion people in the world are currently ‘energy poor’. The aim is to improve their access to adequate, affordable and sustainable energy services.

Another catalyst for concrete progress in developing countries, and for the poor in particular, is the European Union Energy Initiative, which puts a major focus on renewables. It is now backed up with a €220 million Energy Facility, which will be available from 2006.

The EU is also closely involved in the 88-country strong Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition.

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