Shoji Nishimoto

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United Nations Development Programme
Energy Services and MDG Implementation

• Shoji Nishimoto
• Assistant Administrator
• Bureau for Development Policy

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Energy and the MDGs

• The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a
  series of quantified development targets agreed
  at the UN General Assembly in 2000.
• There is no MDG on energy - energy is a mean to
  meeting MDGs. Greatly increased quality and
  quantity of energy services will be required to
  meet all of the MDGs
• The quality, reliability and affordability of the
  services are what matter in human development
  terms
• Rural areas in developing countries generally
  have both the lowest levels of modern energy
  services and greatest poverty

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Energy and the MDGs
Energy
MDG 8 Develop global partnership
MDG 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
MDG 2 Achieve universal primary education
MDG 3 Promote gender equality and empower women
MDG 4 Reduce child mortality
MDG 5 Improve maternal health
MDG 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
MDG 7 Ensure environmental sustainability
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WSSD Main Messages

• Energy is essential for poverty reduction and
  economic growth
• Energy is a means not an end
• Access, access, access to energy services not
  energy supplies this was the main focus of WSSD
• Energy is not just electricity cleaner fuels are
  essential
• All technology and fuel options must be open.
  Renewable energy can address some but not all
  energy challenges diverse strategies are
  needed.
• Solutions must be acceptable to domestic
  conditions
• Heat side of things is very important for poverty
  reduction and the advancement of women

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Partnerships - Key to MDG implementation
UNDP energy programme US 2 billion in over 100
countries during 1996-2003 (in which US 1.5
billion for renewables and energy efficiency
projects)

• Policy analysis and advocacy

Capacity building
World Energy Assessment
Knowledge networking
Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP)
Global Network on Energy for Sustainable
Development (GVEP)
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Recommendations

• MDG review process Opportunity to place energy
  as highest national, regional and global policy
  agenda
• Country-level MDG monitoring process should
  explicitly address the role of energy services in
  facilitating the achievement of MDGs, both in
  developing countries, and industrialized
  countries
• Country level MDG monitoring should include both
  greenhouse gas considerations as well as
  monitoring of access to basic energy services
• Specific indicators on traditional energy, energy
  expenditures and indebtedness due to energy
  should be developed and tracked
• Special attention is needed on the linkages
  between heat energy and women for multiple MDGs
• More analytic work is needed on costing energy
  inputs contribution to MDG outcomes
• Accelerate the implementation of WSSD
  commitments, in particular, global energy
  partnerships established at WSSD.