31 May - 1 June, 2007 the UNESCO HQs in Paris, France will host the Ministerial Conference “Energy in the Changing World”. The Conference is organized by the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation and UNESCO. V. Khristenko, Minister of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation and K. Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General will participate in the Conference. Delegations of 200 countries of the world are invited to take part in the Conference.

The Conference will have the following sessions: Energy Challenges, Science and sustainable energy development, Reducing energy poverty.

At the result the Conference will address the G8 Summit in Heiligedamm (Germany)

«The present unbalanced and non-coordinated development of the global energy sector is exposed to too high risks.», - announced Andrey Reus at the presentation of Sustainable Energy Development Centre (SEDC) in UNESCO HQs in Paris on April 17, 2007. The presentation was held during the 176 session of the UNESCO Executive Board (where among items of agenda was the establishment of the International Centre for Information and Analysis on Sustainable Energy Development as a category II centre under the auspices of UNESCO).

UNESCO enjoys the enormous scientific and educational potential that must be applied to resolve the present international energy problems like lack of reliable information of international energy markets and necessity of deep scientific analysis of the current situation.

“Together with UNESCO we can do a great job in mobilising the world applied and fundamental research potential to develop new energy technologies, in particular energy efficient and renewable energies technologies”, - pointed out the representative of Russian Ministry of Industry and Energy.   

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