VOL. XLV

No 36

9-September-2002

GENERAL

UN Summit Fails To Agree ConcreteTargets For Renewable Energy

Delegatesat the UN-sponsored World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg failed to agree on targets and deadlines for action topromote the use of renewable energy, frustrating an EU proposal that renewableenergy should account for 15% of total global energy by 2010. Instead,delegates agreed a text that called on all countries to substantiallyincrease the global share of renewable...