Sunday, December 08, 2013

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Outline Plans to Mobilize Financing for Sustainable Energy for All


United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced a concerted effort by governments, international agencies, civil society and private sector to mobilize financing to deliver universal access to modern energy services such as lighting, clean cooking solutions and power for productive purposes in developing countries, as well as scaled-up energy efficiency, especially in the world’s highest-energy consuming countries.

After a meeting of the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4ALL), which they co-chaired, they welcomed the growing momentum.

See full Press Release: http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/11/27/secretary-general-ban-ki-moon-world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-outline-plans-mobilize-financing-sustainable-energy-for-all