Joke WallerHunter Executive Secretary Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim

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International Conference for Renewable
Energies, 1-4 June 2004, Bonn, Germany
Renewable energies and the challenge of climate
change
Joke Waller-HunterExecutive SecretarySecretaria
t of the United NationsFramework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC)Bonn, Germany
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Contribution of renewables to energy and
electricity supply
Source IEA statistics
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CO2 emissions avoided through the use of
renewables
Source IEA statistics
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Major policy tools
Source national communications of Annex I
Parties to UNFCCC
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Some renewable energy projects under the UNFCCC
Existing/implemented projects (GEF pipeline, 1991
2004)
Malawi Barrier removal to renewable energy
Pacific Islands renewable energy programme
India Biomass energy for rural India
Tanzania Transformation of rural PV market
Ethiopia Dissemination of solar, wind and biogas
energy technology
Argentina Renewable energy in rural markets
China Wind power development project
Mexico Large-scale renewable energy development
Peru Removal of barriers to rural
electrification with renewable energy
Barbados 2 MW wave power plant
South Africa Pilot production and dissemination
of solar cookers
Philippines Leyte-Luzon Geothermal
Colombia Substitution of thermal plants by a 25
MW wind energy unit
Cambodia Development of mini hydro plants
Tunisia Solar water heating
Kenya Promotion of application of biogas
technology
El Salvador Construction of small hydro plants
Jordan Power supply by PV systems to remote
villages
Indonesia Solar energy desalination
Potential projects (FCCC/WEB/2003/5)
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Alternative futures for 2030
Reference scenario (IEAs World Energy Outlook,
2002)
Exemplary path to 450 ppm by 2100 (German
Advisory Council on Global Change, 2003)
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Renewables CO2 emissions CO2 concentrations
Source IPCCs Third Assessment Report, table 6-1