International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn June 2004, „renewables2004“ The Roadmap...

International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn June 2004, „renewables2004“

The Roadmap for the „Renewables2004“

byNorbert Gorißen

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

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The Background

UN Millenium Declaration: to halve the proportion of people líving in poverty by 2015: crucial role of energy access while preserving the climate

Johannesburg WSSD 2002: „... With a sense of urgency, [to] substantially increase the global share of renewable energy sources ...“; but no timetables and targets

Commitment to go a step beyond the Johannesburg Action Plan by JREC („Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition“): more then 80 liked-minded countries supported the idea of adopting clear and ambitious time bound targets for the increase of renewable energies


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Venue and Date

Bonn

International Congress Centre (Bundeshaus)

01 - 04 June 2004


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Host and Secretariat

Government of the Federal Republic of Germany Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear SafetyFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Secretariat: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH in cooperation with dena, Deutsche Energie AgenturPostfach 5180, 65726 EschbornPhone +49 6196 79 4404Fax +49 6196 79 4405e-mail [email protected]


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International Steering Committee

Aim to provide advice to the conveners with regards to themes, structure and outcome of the conference

Involving the members´ home countries and institutions in the preparatory process and promoting the confernce

first Meeting: yesterday and today in Bonn; two more meetings forseen

50 Members Representatives from governments, international organisations, business and NGO‘s


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Other preparatory steps

National Advisory committee involves the big interest by national stakeholders including MPs, Länder, science, business, NGOs

Preparatory meetings foreseen in Denmark (September 2003 in Sonderborg), Brazil (October 2003), Kenya (November 2003), India (TBD Fall 2003), Berlin – organised by Cion (January 2004)


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Aims of the Conference

Defining the role of renewables in the context of sustainable development and balance this with the need to improve energy efficiency

Assessing best practices for the promotion of renewables including the concept of setting political targets for the future share of renewable energies and favourable framework conditions for progress in this field


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Aims of the Conference

Adressing international financial and other initiatives for the promotion of and investment in renewables in developing countries; this is of particular importance in relation to international financial institutions and the involvement of private capital

Individual or joint actions to promote RE by governments, organisations/institutions or enterprises;

International action plan, including monitoring, reviewing

Guidance for good policy: benchmarks, lessons learned from cases, goodgoivernance,

Agreeing on a long-term follow-up process for the implementation of the action plan


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Germany‘s Way

2003 : 8 % of the electrictity consumption stems from renewable energies – 3 % from wind

2003: up to 50 million t of CO2 is reduced only by renewables

130.000 jobs Medium and long term targets: 20 % share by 2020 and

50 % share by 2050 Key Policies and Measures:

Renewable Energy ActMarket-Incentives ProgrammeR&DInformation Campaign


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