Energy

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals, in New York today:

The Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) met Thursday at the UNIFIL base in Ibl el-Saqi with the mayors and religious authorities of south-eastern towns to discuss local needs and the UN’s humanitarian support to impacted communities, including to restore stability along the Blue Line.

With ever-growing needs for minerals that are critical for renewable energy technologies, Secretary-General António Guterres is leveraging the United Nations’ convening power to bring together a diverse group of Governments and other stakeholders across the entire minerals value chain to develop a set of global common and voluntary principles to safeguard environmental and social standards and embed justice, in the energy transition.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the International Renewable Energy Agency’s 14th Assembly, in Abu Dhabi today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Energy Agency fiftieth anniversary celebration, in Paris today:

The 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan for Mali was launched Thursday in Bamako. The United Nations and its humanitarian partners will need over $700 million to assist more than 4.1 million people across the country this year to complement response activities implemented by national authorities.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Day of Clean Energy, observed on 26 January:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Engineers Convention, in Prague today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the International Climate and Energy Summit, in Madrid today:

The International Renewable Energy Agency, United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank and the World Health Organization released a report showing that basic energy access is lagging even as renewable energy use is growing, with 675 million people still without electricity and 2.3 billion still relying on harmful cooking fuels.