NEW ENERGY CAN BOOST POOR NATIONS

Sigmar Gabriel, German environment minister: “Prosperity for everyone is possible and it is compatible with the environment…"

He didn’t say it would be easy.

Renewable energy way forward for poor countries: Germany
November 26, 2007 (AFP via Yahoo News)

WHO
Sigmar Gabriel, German environment minister; German Chancellor Angela Merkel

WHAT
Gabriel, referring to actual German marketplace experience, described the development of New Energy for the fight against fossil fuel dependency and climate change as an economic opportunity advocated spreading the opportunity to developing nations.

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WHEN
- Gabriel’s remarks were in anticipation of the December 3-14 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate change summit. (See BALI TALKS CCS and US IN BALI: "WE"RE GOING TO WORK…" )
- The Merkel/Gabriel German government has set the goal of cutting the nation’s emissions 40% from 1990 levels by 2020.
- The EU goal is 20% in the same time frame.

WHERE
The UNFCCC conference is in Bali, Indonesia.

WHY
- Merkel has made climate change countermeasures a focus of her administration.
- The UNFCCC climate change conference goal is to establish a roadmap to deal with climate change beyond the final phase of the Kyoto Protocols that runs from 2008 through 2012.
- One of the important topics at the conference will be how to best rectify the disportionate impact climate change is likely to impose on poor nations.

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QUOTES
Gabriel: "We must put economic growth on a different energy basis, by using renewable energy such as sun and water…And we must use energy far more efficiently than before…Germany has a pioneering role…We have not only set ourselves the most ambitious target for climate protection, we are also the only country that will arrive at the conference with a concrete climate protection package, proving that we are taking this target seriously."