UN Secretary-General convenes leaders of government, business and civil society to mobilize investment and action for sustainable energy for all

Forum to advance on-the-ground solutions; launch UN Decade with focus on energy for women and children’s health; contribute to post-2015 development agenda WHAT The first annual SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL FORUM (4-6 June) will assess results thus far from the billions of dollars in commitments made at Rio+20 towards targets on energy access, efficiency and renewables, and mobilize further action. The Forum will launch the UN Decade on Sustainable Energy for All with a two-year focus on energy for women and children’s health, build momentum on solutions ahead of the September Climate Summit and contribute to shaping the direction of energy policy for the crucial decades to come. WHO UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Representative Kandeh Yumkella will be joined by several Heads of State, over 20 Ministers of energy, development and other relevant portfolios, heads of UN System agencies, development banks and other international organizations, CEOs of private sector partners and leaders from broader civil society, including from the research, innovation and investment communities, as well as women’s and youth groups active on energy issues.  WHEN 4 June – Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Day. To review progress and advance sustainable energy solutions, in areas ranging from renewable energy – both on and off grid – to modern cooking fuels and cookstoves and energy-efficient buildings, appliances and transportation. 5 June – Global Leaders Dialogue.  Global launch of the UN Decade on Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024. High-level presentations and dialogues to catalyze action on finance and investment, universal energy access, energy efficiency and renewable energy. 6 June – Ministerial Dialogue on the role of energy in the post-2015 development agenda. WHERE United Nations Headquarters, New York. BACKGROUND The UN Secretary-General launched the Sustainable Energy for All initiative in 2011, with three global targets: to ensure universal access to modern energy services, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency and double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, all by 2030.  At the Rio+20 Conference in 2012, businesses, investors and others committed billions of dollars towards these objectives. Currently, 1.3 billion people worldwide lack access to electricity, and 2.6 billion use traditional fuels for cooking and heating, causing the premature deaths of 4.3 million people each year, mostly women and children, from the effects of indoor smoke. Press Briefings 3 June, 11:00 – 11:30am – Launch of Renewables 2014 Global Status Report, with Christine Lins, Executive Secretary, REN21.  Providing a comprehensive overview of renewable energy markets, industry, investment and policy developments worldwide, the report, produced annually since 2005, has become the most frequently referenced publication on renewable energy business and policy. Produced collaboratively with regional research and UN system partners, and input from over 500 contributors and reviewers. Contact: Laura Williamson, laura.williamson@ren21.net, tel +33-1-44375099; Jim Sniffen, UNEP, sniffenj@un.org, tel 212-963-8094, www.ren21.net. Press briefing room S-237. 4 June, 11:00 –11:30am – Prospects for energy access & launch of Poor People’s Energy Outlook report.  With Simon Trace, CEO, and Aaron Leopold, Global Energy Advocate, Practical Action; and Susan McDade, Country Team Leader, SEforALL. Launch of Poor People's Energy Outlook report and framework for scaling up action to end energy poverty, followed by review of country-level action towards universal access to modern energy services. Contact:  Nick Milton, nick.milton@practicalaction.org.uk, mob: +44 (0) 7880 622059; Pragati Pascale, p.pascale@se4all.org, mob (917) 744-2114. Press briefing room S-237. 5 June, 12:30 – 1:00pm – Sustainable Energy for All: Achieving Results and Shaping the Future. With Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO of SEforALL; Naoko Ishii, CEO of the Global Environment Facility; Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development (tbc). Contact: Anthony Kamara, a.kamara@se4all.org, Pragati Pascale, p.pascale@se4all.org, tel (917) 744-2114. Press briefing room S-237. 5 June, 1:00 – 1:30pm – Launch of REmap 2030: A Renewable Energy Roadmap. With Adnan Amin, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency, others.  How to reach the target of doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030.  Contact: Tim Hurst, THurst@irena.org, tel +971 2 417 9966, Press briefing room S-237. Other Key Events The most up-to-date full listing of events and speakers can be found at: www.seforall.org. 4 June –  Multi-stakeholder Partnerships Day – featuring on-the-ground work Over 40 events will showcase and assess innovative work and projects on energy access, efficiency and renewables, and provide a forum for civil society, business and other stakeholders to share their views. A full programme with details of events, speakers and rooms, and a full list of media contacts, can be found at www.seforall.org. Below are a few highlights. Modern Cooking Appliances and Fuels – Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Leslie Cordes, lcordes@cleancookstoves.org, tel 202-862-6307, cell 202-421-6812) Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative – Partners include Statoil and the World Bank (Chris Neale, cneal1@worldbank.org, tel 202-473-2049) Mini-Grids – Partners include UK DFID (Steven Hunt, S-Hunt@dfid.gov.uk) Sustainable Bio-energy – Partners include Novozymes ( Frederik Bjørndal, tfbh@novozymes.com, mobile +44 (0) 7976 138 265) Civil society and business events -- media contacts: Practical Action, nick.milton@practicalaction.org.uk, Mob: +44 (0) 7880 622059 World Energy Council, Monique Tsang, tsang@worldenergy.org, tel (+44) 20 314 0616 Student Energy, Sean Collins, scollins@studentenergy.org Energia, Sheila Oparaocha, s.oparaocha@ETCNL.NL Energy Access Practitioners Network, Mahalakshmi Mahadevan, mmahadevan@unfoundation.org, tel (202) 864-5159 5 June – Global Leadership Dialogue on Sustainable Energy for All (in Trusteeship Council unless otherwise stated) 10:00am -- Global Launch of the UN Decade of Sustainable Energy for All 2014-2024.  Including statements by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; General Assembly President John Ashe; World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (by video); President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson. 10:25-10:45 am – Inventing and Investing in a Sustainable Future Statements by Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development; Helen Clark, Administrator, UNDP; Luis Alberto Moreno, President, Inter-American Development Bank; Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 10:45-11:25 am – Sustainable Energy for All: Achieving Results and Shaping the Future SEforALL achievements to date: Kandeh Yumkella, SRSG, and Chad Holliday, Bank of America, Co-chairs of Executive Committee. SEforALL high-level Advisory Board members outline opportunities and solutions on energy finance, access, efficiency and renewables. 11:35 am – 12:45 pm -- Global Leaders Panels I. Catalyzing Large-Scale Financing and Investment for SEforALL (moderator: Rachel Kyte, World Bank).  Lightning round kick starter with Purna Saggurti, Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Banking, Bank of America. Followed by dialogue with high-level representatives from China, Mozambique, Nicaragua, United States; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Brazil Development Bank; Citigroup; Eni SpA; European Investment Bank; Global Environment Facility; Morgan Stanley; United Nations; World Energy Council; others.  (Trusteeship) II. Energy Linkages (moderator: Laura Trevelyan, BBC America). Lightning round kick starter conversation with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women, and Kathy Calvin, UN Foundation.  Followed by dialogue with high-level representatives of Barbados; Burundi; Greenland, Holy See, Madagascar, Sierra Leone; Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves; Itapu Binacional Brasil; Practical Action; We Care Solar; World Energy Council; others. (Conference Room 1) 1:10 – 2:20 pm – World Environment Day special event on Small Island Developing States and clean energy. With John Ashe, President of the UN General Assembly; Lord Ma’fu, Minister, Tonga; Ravinesh Nand, Fiji Department of Energy; Venkat Ramana Putti, World Bank; Sheila Watson, FIA Foundation; others. Contact: sniffenj@un.org, tel 212-963-8094. (Trusteeship) 2:40 – 3:20 pm – Energy, Women, Children and Health Global campaign announcement with Lynne Featherstone, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development, United Kingdom (by video); Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN; followed by UN Leadership Panel, with senior officials from UNDP, UNFPA, WHO, Norway, others. (Trusteeship) 3:45-4:55 pm – Global Leaders Panels (cont.) III. Doubling the Share of Renewables in the Global Energy Mix (moderator: Matthew Bishop, The Economist). Lightning round kick starter with Jose Manuel Entrecanales, CEO, Acciona, and Francesco Starace, CEO, Enel SpA. Followed by dialogue with high-level representatives from Brazil, China, Ecuador, New Zealand, Tonga, United Kingdom; First Solar; Global Wind Energy Council; International Solar Energy Society; IRENA; Moroccan Solar Power Agency; REN21; SkyPower; others. (Trusteeship) IV. Ensuring Universal Access to Modern Energy Services (moderator: Elizabeth Thompson, Senior Advisor, SEforALL). Lightning round kick starter with Kandeh Yumkella, SRSG and CEO of SEforALL; Mohammed Wakil, Minister of State for Power, Nigeria; and James E. Rogers, Retired Chairman, Duke Energy. Dialogue with high-level representatives of Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, Myanmar, Norway, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia; African Development Bank; Alliance for Rural Electrification; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Energia; Eskom; EuropeAid, EC; Global Electricity Initiative; Islamic Development Bank; Royal Dutch Shell; Self-Employed Women’s Association; others (Conference Room 1). 5:00 – 6:10pm – Global Leaders Panels (cont.) V. Doubling the Global Rate of Improvement in Energy Efficiency (moderator: Chad Holliday, Bank of America). Lightning round kick starter with Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School, Zayed Future Energy Prize 2014 Global High School Finalist. Followed by dialogue with high-level representatives of Japan, Ireland, Peru, Romania, Slovakia; ABB North America; Union for the Mediterranean; AFG Consultores; Business Council for Sustainable Energy; EBRD; IKEA; Industrial Promotion Services; Kenya Assoc. of Manufacturers; Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership; Statoil; UN Foundation; WWF China; others (Trusteeship). VI. Catalyzing Bottom-Up Financing and Investment for SEforALL (moderator: Boason Omofaye, Bloomberg TV Africa) Lightning round kick starter with Harish Hande, Managing Director, SELCO India.  Followed by dialogue with high-level representatives of Nepal, Senegal, Tanzania; Arc Finance; Deutsche Bank; Global LPG Partnerships; KITE; Rockefeller Foundation; Self-Employed Women’s Association; UN OHRLLS; WWF USA; others (Conference Room 1). 6 June -- High-level Ministerial Dialogue: Energy in the post-2015 Development Agenda 9:00 am – 12:40 pm. Including remarks by Heads of State and Ministers, CEOs and leaders of civil society organizations and international organizations. (ECOSOC Chamber) 12:40 – 1:00 pm. Closing Plenary: Mobilizing All Stakeholders Towards SEforALL with UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson (tbc); Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary-General, OECD (tbc); Fred Krupp, President Environmental Defense Fund; Kandeh Yumkella, SEforALL. (ECOSOC Chamber) Media Accreditation Media representatives who wish to be accredited to cover the Forum on-site at UN Head-quarters should submit a request and required documentation to the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit.  Full guidelines as well as accreditation forms are available at http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/request.shtml. For questions regarding accreditation, e-mail malu@un.org or phone (212) 963-6934. Media Resources Press conferences.  An updated schedule of press events and briefings will be available the night before in the daily Media Alert at http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/alert.shtml Website. The latest Forum programme, speakers and other resources will be posted and updated at www.seforall.org. Digital and Social Media. The Forum will be live-tweeted using #SE4ALLForum. In addition, +Social Good (plussocialgood.org), a digital platform run by the UN Foundation and UNDP, will feature original interviews and content for digital media, using #socialgood (contact: jsullivan@unfoundation.org, njanati@unfoundation.org, boaz.paldi@undp.org). IISD Reporting Services will provide daily bulletins and digital coverage as well as a summary report of the Forum, including photographs. Coverage of the Forum will be available online at http://www.iisd.ca from 4 June 2014 and will be sent out on social media using @IISDRS. Multimedia.  Selected photographs of the Forum will be available from UN Photo online, along with other multimedia materials, at www.unmultimedia.org.  Additional photos and high-resolution files can be obtained by contacting the UN Photo Library at photolibr@un.org.

Webcast Most of the Forum will be webcast, live and on-demand, at webtv.un.org, including all events in the larger conference rooms and all press briefings. Broadcast UNTV will cover the Forum live in HD, 4-6 June, schedule at http://www.un.org/en/media/accreditation/untv.shtml, information tel. 212 963-7650 TV packages will be available to broadcasters through unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/ Broadcast quality video files can be requested from video-library@un.org. Media Contacts Pragati Pascale, p.pascale@se4all.org, tel +1 917-587-8549 Anthony Kamara, a.kamara@se4all.org, tel (+43-699) 1458-3402 Wynne Boelt, boelt@un.org, tel +1 212-963-8264 Ornesha Reagan, o.reagan@se4all.org, tel +1 347-651-9521 Media contacts for SEforALL partners can be found at www.seforall.org/se4all-forum/media-info/