Full Coverage: Energy

24.05.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (OneWorld) - Solar power is the fastest growing source of energy in the world and likely will become much more affordable in the next few years, according to a new report out this week.

18.05.2007

16.05.2007 UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (OneWorld) - Disappointed with the U.S. role in international discussions on energy, environmental groups are making fresh calls for Washington to give up its isolationist approach and become part of ongoing global efforts to tackle climate change.

15.05.2007 UN Commission on Sustainable Development recently ended a two-year discussion about sustainable energy. In response, the Working Group on Energy and Climate Change of the Citizens Network for Sustainable Development called for the "need to dramatically transform the ways we produce and consume energy in our individual households, communities, regions and nation.”

01.05.2007 Life for people in poverty-stricken rural India has been improved by several hours of reliable solar-powered lighting, made available by a UN-led project to facilitate household financing for solar home systems. The project, launched by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2003 in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, has facilitated about 18,000 loans for solar panels over three years