Between the two weeks of the CSD-14 Conference at the UN Headquarters,
the REN21 Steering Committee came together for its fourth meeting.
The pressing issue of Energy Security was discussed, for which IEA had
presented a draft report.
The Interim Report on the implementation of the International Action
Programme of the Bonn Conference was presented by the Secretariat. Based
on this report, the SC discussed ways of how to support the UN
Commission on Sustainable Development in developing a review arrangement
for renewable energy commitments.
The SC also agreed upon the other central tasks to be addressed during
the next years - such as extension and continued updating of the Global
Status Report - and exchanged their views on relevant past and upcoming
events and initiatives.
With regard to governance, the SC confirmed its composition with some
modifications and elected
Mohamed
El-Ashry as new Chair.
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