Energy Ministers gathered for the second Clean Energy Ministerial meeting on April 6-7, 2011, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to discuss progress toward clean energy goals.
The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a high-level global forum to promote policies and programs that advance clean energy technology, to share lessons learned and best practices, and to encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy. CEM1 was convened by Secretary Chu in Washington, DC, in July 2010; CEM2 was hosted by the United Arab Emirates in April 2011. The UK will host CEM3 in London in April 2012. The Indian government will host CEM4 in 2013 and Korea will host CEM5 in 2014.
The 23 governments participating in CEM meetings and initiatives are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Clean Energy Ministerial’s work is organized around 11 action-driven, transformative clean energy initiatives led by like-minded governments. Three efficiency-focused initiatives address electric vehicles, buildings & industrial efficiency, and appliance super-efficiency. Four clean supply-focused initiatives work to expand bioenergy, hydropower, solar & wind, and carbon capture. The four cross-cutting initiatives address best-practices sharing, women in clean energy, smart-grids that enable clean supply and deployment of efficient technologies, and energy access for the approximately 1.6 billion people who lack access to grid-supplied electricity.
A third area of CEM work, in addition to ministerial meetings and initiatives, are the roundtable dialogues convened jointly with the World Economic Forum, that bring together senior officials from the public and private sectors to collaboratively address hurdles to clean energy deployment and strategy issues.
For more information, please visit www.cleanenergyministerial.org