by: Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) for International Institute for Sustainable Development Living standards and populations are growing across the globe, and the new, increasingly urbanized, middle classes are looking to the creature comforts that have long been taken for granted by others. This process is a welcome indicator that many nations are moving into or toward the middle-income zone and bringing a higher quality of ...Read More
Joint Steering Committee of en.lighten and United for Efficiency: the two SE4ALL Accelerators join forces to leapfrog markets to high-efficiency products
The first joint Project Steering Committee meeting of the en.lighten and the new United for Efficiency, U4E, initiatives was held on 15 May 2015 at the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) Headquarters in Washington D.C. Jointly convened by the GEF Secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), participants from 20 public and private sector partner organisations attended the meeting, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Sustainable Energy for All, World ...Read More
UN Report Outlines Ways to Achieve Clean, Sustainable Off-Grid Lighting for Africa
New York, 18 May 2015 Creating favourable conditions for modern solar lighting markets can provide a low-cost solution to reducing carbon emissions, indoor air pollution and health risks, while bringing electricity to an estimated 600 million people in Africa who lack access to the power grid, says new report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, entitled Developing Effective Off-Grid Lighting Policy - Guidance Note for Governments in Africa, recommends best practices ...Read More
The year 2015 has been proclaimed as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL 2015).
Paris, France, 19 January 2015 The Opening Ceremony was held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. The IYL 2015 aims to raise awareness about how light-based technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to global challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health. read more about IYL and upcoming events >> ...Read More
The Global Efficient Lighting Forum convened in Beijing
Beijing, China, 11 November 2014 Delegates at the Global Efficient Lighting Forum have agreed to accelerate the phase-in of advanced lighting technologies to order to save energy, reduce CO2 emissions, and improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of people who currently lack access to clean, reliable lighting. Read more Efficient Lighting Can Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Provide Electricity for People Who Do Not Have It, Says Secretary-General in Video ...Read More
Article Climate Action: Energy Efficiency – key to closing the emissions gap
This article published in Climate Action and authored by Mark Radka Chief, Energy Branch, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, and John Christensen, Director, DTU Partnership, United Nations Environment Progamme (UNEP); describes why energy efficiency is key to closing the emissions gap. Read more ...Read More
The inventors of the energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly blue LED light source have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014
Stockholm, Sweden, 7 October 2014 The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to the inventors of the blue light-emitting diode (LED). The Prize rewards an invention of greatest benefit to mankind; using blue LEDs, white light can be created in a new way. With the advent of LED lamps, we now have more long-lasting and more efficient alternatives to older light sources. Read More ...Read More
ECOWAS Agreement
Dakar, Senegal, 10 May 2014, – Government officials from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and international organizations agreed on a Regional Efficient Lighting Strategy which will facilitate the transition to the universal use of energy efficient lighting in the region by 2020. The new roadmap was announced at a validation workshop hosted in Dakar. Read more ...Read More
1st Arab South-South Development Expo showcases the en.lighten initiative
Doha, Qatar, 18 - 20 February 2014 – The en.lighten initiative was showcased at the 1st Arab South-South Development Expo as a powerful and cost-effective solution to tackle energy issues in the Arab World. Eng. Fethi Hanchi, Director of Energy Efficiency in Tunisia, shared the lessons learned from Tunisia's experience of developing a National Efficient Lighting Strategy and encouraged other countries in the region to follow the same direction. Read more ...Read More
UNEP Launches the Guidebook for the Development of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) Strategy on Efficient Lighting at COP19 in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland, 14th November 2013 - UNEP Launches the Guidebook for the Development of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) Strategy on Efficient Lighting at COP19 in Warsaw To access the NAMA Guidebook, please click here. ...Read More
