A Global Assessment on Sustainable Energy for All

This report, produced by leading research institutes to support political preparations for Rio2012 and the UN year of Sustainable Energy for All, proposes a set of strategic principles to enable a global energy transition and avoid large-scale crises.

• The report recommends that nations adopt strategic principles to drive a global energy transition, which includes accelerating national and international policies for efficiency, innovation, and the scale-up of renewable energy through mechanisms like feed-in tariffs, technology standards, and the removal of fossil energy subsidies.
• The assessment suggests the creation of a transparent global investment fund for renewable energy systems specifically for emerging and poor economies, combined with technology sharing platforms. It notes that adoption of these technologies by developed countries could lower costs and reduce the required size of the fund.
• The report proposes developing policy assessment frameworks to manage Earth systems risks and vulnerabilities associated with energy expansion and its links to agriculture and water, suggesting the planetary boundaries framework as a potential basis for this systemic assessment.
• The document advocates for using sustainable energy supply and demand measures as a 'currency' to track progress toward global environmental goals and development endeavors, such as the Millennium Development Goals, and integrating these into negotiating frameworks like the CBD and UNFCCC.

APA

M., N. (2011). A Global Assessment on Sustainable Energy for All. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/a-global-assessment-on-sustainable-energy-for-all/

Chicago

M., Nilsson,. A Global Assessment on Sustainable Energy for All. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011. https://www.sei.org/publications/a-global-assessment-on-sustainable-energy-for-all/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{m2011global, author = {M., Nilsson,}, title = {{A Global Assessment on Sustainable Energy for All}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2011}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/a-global-assessment-on-sustainable-energy-for-all/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }