The international launch of
Energy Technology Perspectives 2016
On Wednesday, 1 June 2016, 2:45 - 3:45 p.m. San Francisco time
At the 7th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7)
Westin St. Francis Hotel, Borgia room
335 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
With the participation of
Fatih Birol
Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Kamel Ben Naceur
Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, IEA
Cities drive economic growth but can also drive sustainable change. As the share of the world's population living in cities rises, ambitious action in urban areas can be instrumental in achieving long-term sustainability of the global energy system - including the carbon emission reductions required to meet the climate goals reached at COP21 in Paris. Support from national governments is a strategic prerequisite for leveraging the potential for sustainable energy technology and policy in cities that too often lies untapped.
With global energy demand set to become even greater over the coming decades, Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 (ETP2016) looks at the technology and policy opportunities available for accelerating the transition to sustainable urban energy systems. Such potential could be the key to successfully driving an energy transition that many still think impossible, provided local and national actions can be aligned to meet both levels of sustainability objectives. Indeed, policies still have a long way to go in this regard: ETP2016 presents the IEA's annual Tracking Clean Energy Progress report, which finds once again that despite some notable progress, the rate of needed improvements is far slower than required to meet energy sector sustainability goals.
By setting out sustainable energy transition pathways that incorporate detailed and transparent quantitative analysis alongside well-rounded commentary, ETP2016 and its series of related publications have become required reading not only for experts in the energy field, policy makers and heads of government, but also for business leaders and investors.
All journalists interested in covering this event must be registered for CEM7.
To register, send an email by close of business on May 25 to CEMSecretariat@hq.doe.gov.
Your email should have Media Registration in the subject line and must include the following information:
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Media credentials can be collected the day of the event.
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