Economic And Social Commission For Western Asia Bangkok, 21June 2016 MAINSTREAMING APPROPRIATE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RURAL LIVELIHOOD OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ESCWA REGION Seminar on Supporting Sustainable Development Goal 7, Target 7.1 “By 2030 ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services” Organized by UNDESA, UNESCAP and UNOSD in cooperation with UN-Energy and SE4ALL Ms. Radia Sedaoui Chief Energy Section, Sustainable Development Policies Division Session 2: TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, AND MODERN ENERGY SERVICES ESCWA / IRENA)
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Economic And Social Commission For Western Asia
Bangkok, 21June 2016
MAINSTREAMING APPROPRIATE GREEN TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RURAL LIVELIHOOD OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ESCWA REGION
Green technology for Rural Sustainable Development
The role of technology in the achievement of SD has been acknowledged on different global agendas.
• Agenda 21 (Earth Summit, Rio, 1992) was a first to recognize technology as one of the “means of implementation of SD” (enforced both in the JPOI, Rio+10, 2002, and “The Future we Want”, RIO+20, 2012);
• Millennium Declaration/MDGs (2000) also recognized the role of technology though it was monitored through ICT.
• Post 2015/SDGs: role of technology is established with 7 of the 17 SDGs explicitly including targets on technology.
• 1.1 billion people are without access to electricity globally: 18.5% of the earthpopulation. Most of these live in rural areas.
• More than 2.9 billion people rely on the traditional use of biomass for cooking.
• Many countries in the Arab region are not able to provide adequate energy services fora significant portion of their population.
• 12% of Arab population or 54 million people (excluding South Sudan) have no access tothe electrical grid, and about 48 million people are relying on biomass for cooking.
• Lack of energy services aggravates the cycle of extreme poverty in the rural areas, andsome peri-urban locations, resulting in poor social and economic conditions.
• Women and children suffer the most from the limited access to energy services; health,safety, and environmental problems usually associated with the use of inefficient solidfuels in households.
• Most rural communities in low and middle income Arab countriesstill rely on biomass tomeet their energy needs.
• There are a number of promising energy options for increasingclean and modern energy supplies even in very remote areas,ranging from more efficient use of traditional fuels to modernrenewable energy technologies (RET) based on renewable energyresources.
• Renewable energy technologies are tools to address many pressingdevelopment needs in rural areas, including: