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  1. Secretary-General's video remarks to International Energy Agency Clean Energy Transition Summit

    ... I thank Dr. Fatih Birol and the International Energy Agency for convening this summit.   It is vital that we bring sharper focus on ... Let us commit to no new coal, today, and end all external financing of coal in the developing world.   Coal has no place in COVID-19 ...

  2. Secretary-General's message to Investor Summit on Climate Risk and Energy Solutions

    ... York Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Planning Date:  12 January 2012 ... will need to leverage much larger pools of private sector financing and know-how.     We need investors who can provide ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks to the G20 session on food and energy crises [as delivered]

    ... A second major cause of this food crisis is lack of financing. Many governments in the Global South, battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the inequality in resources available for the recovery, and the climate crisis, have no fiscal space to help their ...

  4. Secretary-General's video remarks to Clean Energy Ministerial meeting

    ... Excellencies, Friends, I thank the Government of Chile for hosting the sixth Mission Innovation Ministerial and for launching Mission ... and the economics are on our side. But we need financing to bring it to scale. In addition, every hard-to-abate sector – ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks at Center for Global Development event on "Delivering Sustainable Energy for All: Opportunities at Rio+20" [as prepared for delivery]

    ... night by a dim and smoky oil lamp. Only when I prepared for examinations was I allowed to use a candle.  Candles were considered too ... to focus more attention on how we will do it. That means financing and technical assistance. We need a system to track our gains – and ...

  6. Secretary-General's message to New Energy Finance Summit

    ... to achieve sustainable development we need affordable energy for all.   According to the International Energy Agency, energy demand ... established a high-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing, co-chaired by Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom and ...

  7. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Opening of Vienna Energy Forum [as prepared for delivery]

    ... really pleased to be with you.   I was with many of you for the journey that led to the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable ... subsidies.   And we need to continue to innovate in financing for cleaner growth.   The Energy Transitions Commission has ...

  8. Secretary-General's video message to the 13th session of the IRENA Assembly: “World Energy Transition – The Global Stocktake”

    ... out of reach. Under current policies, we are headed for 2.8 degrees of global warming by the end of the century. The ... reduce the capital cost for renewables – and ensure that financing flows to those who need it most. Multilateral Development Banks ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit [as prepared for delivery]

    ... Date:  24 April 2013 Thank you for inviting me to speak at this important meeting. The private sector is ... private resources without a public lever. Smart public financing can help to unlock more private investment. Therefore, it is ...

  10. Secretary-General's video message to Euronext ESG European Conference: "Financing the Blue and Green Economy", 8-9 June

    ... a pleasure to greet the Euronext ESG European conference on financing the blue and green economy. You gather to help chart a path out ... and establishing a carbon price. This is essential for building trust, advancing a just energy transition, and making the whole ...