To promote innovative solutions and recognise leadership and commitment in meeting the energy challenge, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) have launched a project aiming at advancing the implementation of sustainable development by identifying innovative practices in energy for sustainable development, sponsored by China Energy Fund Committee (CEFC).

The project, titled Powering the Future We Want – Recognizing Innovative Practices in Energy for Sustainable Development, offers a grant in the amount of one million US dollars with the objective of promoting leadership and innovative practices in meeting the global energy challenge.

The Grant is a follow-up to a Rio+20 call for disseminating success stories and building capacity to replicate and scale up best practices in sustainable development. It carries a cash award in the amount of one million US dollars. For more background information, please click here.

Applications must be submitted online in English by 31 March 2015
Apply Here: https://poweringthefuture.un.org/apply

For questions, please contact us at poweringthefuture@un.org

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