International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn June 2004,

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International Conference for Renewable Energies,
Bonn June 2004, renewables2004

• The Roadmap for the Renewables2004
• by
• Norbert Gorißen
• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
  Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin

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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 Safety
• Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
  Development
• Secretariat Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische
  Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH in cooperation with
  dena, Deutsche Energie Agentur
• Postfach 5180, 65726 Eschborn
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• e-mail info_at_renewables2004.de

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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
• NGOs

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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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Germanys 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 Act
• Market-Incentives Programme
• RD
• Information Campaign

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Thank you for giving me your attention !