Renewable energy sources discussed.A call of cleaner energy and increased use of renewable sources of energy, such as solar and wind power, was heard at the first meeting of a restructured UN body designed to discuss ways to make energy use compatible with sustainable development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union . At its first session (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , 7-18 February February: see month. ), the Committee on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and on Energy for Development recommended specific policies and invited Member States to implement the Committee's options for developing a "new energy path". In opening remarks, Nitin Nitin is a common first name in India, which means moral or ethical in Sanskrit [1] Notable people with the given name Nitin
The question of energy for development was as important as that of new and renewable sources of energy, he said, while it was also important to manage the impact of energy utilization on the environment. In a draft resolution, the Committee recommended "four domains" for action by Member States: more efficient use of energy and energy-intensive material; increased use of renewable sources of energy; more efficient production and use of fossil fuels fossil fuel: see energy, sources of; fuel. fossil fuel Any of a class of materials of biologic origin occurring within the Earth's crust that can be used as a source of energy. Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas. : and fuel substitution Substitution Arsinoë put her own son in place of Orestes; her son was killed and Orestes was saved. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 32] Barabbas robber freed in Christ’s stead. [N.T.: Matthew 27:15–18; Swed. Lit. from high-carbon to low-carbon-based fuels. It also called for integrated national action programmes for the development of energy systems, and for the removal of subsidies for conventional sources of energy or establishing support for new environmentally sound technologies. Ways to use often-wasted energy, such as waste heat from industrial processes, were recommended. The Committee urged the Economic and Social Council to support "centres of excellence" to provide training, technology support and resource data appropriate to regional needs. It wanted an assessment of clean energy sources--hydropower, wind, solar and geothermal ge·o·ther·mal also ge·o·ther·mic adj. Of or relating to the internal heat of the earth. ge energy--and substitutes for the unsustainable use of fuelwood. It also recommended improving efficiency in fossil fuel conversion and of cleaner coal technologies, the expanded use of natural gas, the stimulation of the use of methanol methanol, methyl alcohol, or wood alcohol, CH3OH, a colorless, flammable liquid that is miscible with water in all proportions. Methanol is a monohydric alcohol. It melts at −97. and hydrogen from natural gas and biomass, and the development of an institutional framework for international cooperation in major energy sectors. The UN was requested to organize and carry out an "urgent international effort" to bring energy and electricity to populations in interested countries which had no access thereto there·to adv. 1. To that, this, or it. 2. Archaic In addition to that; furthermore. thereto Adverb Formal 1. to that or it 2. . The Committee--comprised of 24 Government-nominated experts elected by the Economic and Social Council--had retained the mandate of the former Committee on the Development and Utilization of New and Renewable Sources of Energy. in addition, it assumed the mandate of the Committee on Natural Resources concerning energy. It will also consider energy-related sections of "Agenda 21". The Committee recommended that it hold a special ten-day session in February/March 1995 to provide advice on energy for rural development to the Commission of Sustainable Development. |
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