World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future

The report analyzes energy use trends across various sectors in major energy-consuming countries, focusing on the level of activity, structural change, and energy intensity. It identifies key global challenges including local and regional environmental impacts, the greenhouse effect's role in climate and sea level change, and geopolitical risks related to oil supply and nuclear proliferation. Additionally, it highlights the financial burden on developing countries to meet basic energy needs and fuel economic growth.

• The world community and individual nations face several critical energy-related challenges, specifically local and regional environmental impacts, the risk of global climate and sea level changes caused by the greenhouse effect, and international tensions regarding nuclear proliferation and oil supply.
• Developing countries face a specific additional challenge regarding the financial costs required to provide energy for basic human needs and to support economic development.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (1992). World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future. https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future. 1992. https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute1992world, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {1992}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }