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  1. Secretary-General's Remarks to the Global Green Growth Forum [As delivered]

    ... she has enough food to eat. We have to expand clean energy so that he can reap the benefits of modern productivity without ... Odinga of Kenya, I have seen in Kenya how geothermal, wind and solar power are driving progress. I launched the Sustainable ...

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

    ... and gentlemen,   At the heart of these two agendas lies energy.   A transformative approach to energy makes all our Sustainable ... Saudi Arabia plans to install 700 megawatts of solar and wind power.   It’s a great start.   Globally, over a half of the ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks at media stakeout with rock band Linkin Park in support of Sustainable Energy for all Initiative

    ... was natural that I should ask them to support my Sustainable Energy for All initiative which I launched just a couple of weeks ago - another ... like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines. We can turn ON the lights in every household and turn ...

  4. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at R20 Austrian World Summit [as prepared for delivery]

    ... the face of vested interests who refuse to see the way the wind is blowing. And innovations are arriving on a daily basis that promise ... citizens everywhere.  Today, you can breathe new energy into climate action. I see four priority areas where can do so. ...

  5. Secretary-General's press conference on priorities for 2020

    ... I have spoken recently about winds of hope. But today a wind of madness is sweeping the globe.   From Libya to Yemen to Syria and ... ocean heat last year is more than twenty times the amount of energy humanity has consumed since 2000.   Meanwhile, as permafrost ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Seven for 7 Event: “Celebrating Leadership & Innovation on SDG7” [as prepared for delivery]

    ...   Let me start by thanking Ashden and Sustainable Energy for All for organizing this event and Bloomberg for hosting us in this ... target.   Renewable energy power, such as solar and wind, is expanding rapidly.   But the global share of renewable energy in ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks on the partnership between India and the United Nations on India’s 75th anniversary

    ... the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic are being battered by energy, food and cost-of-living crises, accelerated by the war in Ukraine. Old ... that it's much cheaper to produce electricity with solar or wind than with coal or gas. But the cost of electricity produced by solar or ...

  8. Secretary-General's video message to the European Union-Africa Green Investment Forum

    ... for industrial and domestic energy consumption while seeking to promote sustainable development and ... are rapidly scaling up renewables, particularly solar and wind power. This momentum needs to be accelerated through investments ... coupling job creation with green technologies.  Renewable energy provides growing numbers of jobs and this number will ...

  9. Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies [scroll down for French version]

    ... thousands of kilometres, spreading contaminates with the wind. And the climate crisis is having devastating and growing impacts on every ... fossil fuels, particularly coal, towards clean renewable energy, while ensuring that no one is left behind. To help achieve this, I ...

  10. Secretary-General's video message to the Second Sustainable Blue Economy Investment Forum

    ... focus on sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, offshore wind, and tidal energy projects, and green tourism and shipping — as underlined at last ...