Affordable and Clean Energy

Cette publication de synthèse contient des leçons tirées des évaluations des interconnexions, des compromis et des avantages de la gestion de l’eau, de l’énergie et des terres / agriculture, ainsi que de la protection de l’environnement dans les bassins transfrontaliers d’Europe du Sud, du Caucase, d’Asie centrale et d’Afrique du Nord. Celles-ci ont été tirées de l’expérience collective des Parties à la Convention sur l’eau et d’autres États, organes conjoints, ainsi que d’autres parties prenantes qui ont participé à ces évaluations du lien. La publication de synthèse consolide la méthodologie d’évaluation des problèmes de connexion et d’identification de solutions dans les bassins transfrontières, élaborée dans le cadre de la Convention sur la protection et l’utilisation des cours d’eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux en 2013-2015.

Geospatial information has been providing far-reaching solutions to pressing issues facing humanity, ranging from health, education, food security, agriculture, to disaster risk reduction and resilience-building. The effective integration of geospatial data, existing statistics and ground-based information and exploiting new data sources, analytics, and tools has proven instrumental to deliver timely information necessary for governments, businesses, communities and citizens to make evidenced-based decisions. However, despite advances in the availability and quality of geospatial information, several gaps and challenges remain on the effective use of geospatial information. To address this, this compendium demonstrates the diverse use for geospatial information and applications and the vital role that they will continue to play in the future.

This publication is the fourth in a series of pocketbook compilations on energy statistics designed to highlight the availability of data on various aspects of energy production, transformation and use and its linkages to other key statistics. Energy is central to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change, and sound energy statistics are the basis for the reliable measurement of progress, thereby assisting the formulation of policy measures to achieve international and national sustainable development goals.

The Model Legislative Provisions and the Legislative Guide on Public-Private Partnerships were prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and adopted at its fifty-second session (Vienna, 8-19 July 2019). In addition to representatives of member States of the Commission, representatives of many other States and of several international organizations, both intergovernmental and non-governmental, participated actively in the preparatory work. The Model Legislative Provisions translate into legislative language the advice given in the recommendations contained in the Legislative Guide. The Model Legislative Provisions are intended to assist in the establishment of a legislative framework favourable to public-private partnerships (PPPs). The Model Legislative Provisions follow the corresponding notes in the Legislative Guide, which offer an analytical introduction with references to financial, regulatory, legal, policy and other issues raised in the subject area. The user is advised to read the Model Legislative Provisions together with the Legislative Guide, which provide background information to enhance understanding of the legislative recommendations. The Model Legislative Provisions deal with matters that it is important to address in legislation specifically concerned with PPPs. They do not deal with other areas of law that, as discussed in the Legislative Guide, also have an impact on PPPs. Moreover, the successful implementation of PPPs typically requires various measures beyond the establishment of an appropriate legislative framework, such as adequate administrative structures and practices, organizational capability, technical expertise, appropriate human and financial resources and economic stability.

The Energy Statistics Yearbook 2003 is a comprehensive collection of international energy statistics prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division. It is the forty-seventh in a series of annual compilations which commenced under the title World Energy Supplies in Selected Years, 1929-1950. The principal objective of the Yearbook is to provide a global framework of comparable data on long-term trends in the supply of mainly commercial primary and secondary forms of energy. Data for each type of fuel and aggregate data for the total mix of commercial fuels are shown for individual countries and areas and are summarized into regional and world totals. This issue of the Yearbook contains data in original and common units (coal equivalent, oil equivalent, joules) for the years 2000-2003.

The Energy Statistics Yearbook 2000 is a comprehensive collection of international energy statistics prepared by the United Nations Statistics Division. It is the forty-fourth in a series of annual compilations which commenced under the title World Energy Supplies in Selected Years, 1929-1950. It updates the statistical series shown in the previous issue. The principal objective of the Yearbook is to provide a global framework of comparable data on long-term trends in the supply of mainly commercial primary and secondary forms of energy. Data for each type of fuel and aggregate data for the total mix of commercial fuels are shown for individual countries and areas and are summarized into regional and world totals. This issue of the Yearbook contains data in original and common units (coal equivalent, oil equivalent, joules) for the years 1997-2000.

This guidance has been developed in the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (Espoo Convention). Its objective is to clarify whether and in what circumstances lifetime extensions of nuclear power plants require a transboundary environmental impact assessment in accordance with the Convention. Thus, the guidance aims to assist Parties in the practical application of the Convention and to support the Implementation Committee in reviewing compliance by Parties with their obligations under the Convention, with a view to assisting them in fully meeting their commitments.

This volume investigates the status of regional integration in Southern Africa. It discusses the critical challenges to be overcome and surveys the most interesting opportunities for achieving deeper regional integration. The publication is divided into in three parts. The first is on structural transformation and the role of regional integration; the second is on the enablers of regional integration; and the third consists of case studies on regional value chains.

L'énergie sous-tend le développement des économies et la plupart des buts et objectifs de l'Agenda 2030 pour le développement durable (Agenda 2030). Le secteur de l'énergie joue un rôle essentiel dans la recherche de solutions pour le développement durable et l'atténuation des changements climatiques. Depuis l'accord universel sur les dix-sept objectifs de développement durable (ODD), y compris l'objectif 7 sur l'énergie durable en 2015, les pays ont commencé à appliquer l'Agenda 2030. Toutefois, à ce stade, il existe un décalage entre les objectifs énergétiques et climatiques convenus et les stratégies et systèmes mis en place aujourd'hui pour les atteindre. Des stratégies et des politiques accélérées et plus ambitieuses seront nécessaires pour combler les lacunes persistantes afin de réaliser l'Agenda 2030 et, en particulier, l'énergie devra jouer un rôle croissant dans les divers OMD. Si les lacunes ne sont pas comblées d'urgence, il faudra prendre des mesures plus radicales et plus coûteuses pour éviter des mesures d'adaptation extrêmes et, potentiellement, irrécupérables. Actuellement, il existe de nombreuses interprétations différentes de ce qu'est l'"énergie durable". Les pays de la région de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Europe (CEE) ne se sont pas encore mis d'accord sur une voie collective pour parvenir à l'énergie au service du développement durable. Pour la région de la CEE, il existe une occasion importante d'étudier les incidences des différentes filières énergétiques durables et de travailler ensemble à l'élaboration et au déploiement de politiques et de mesures visant à réaliser l'Agenda 2030. C'est pourquoi le Comité de l'énergie durable (le Comité) a lancé ce projet phare, Pathways to Sustainable Energy (le projet).

The United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2019 and 2020. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five UN regional commissions, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization.