The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Energy for All hub is launched in Manila, the Philippines on 18 June 2014 to help mobilize investment and innovative solutions to bring clean, modern energy to those who do not have it in Asia and the Pacific. The hub will gather governments, investors, innovators and experts to find ways and means for bringing energy to more than 600 million in this region who live without electricity and 1.8 billion who lack access to clean cooking and heating energy solutions. The hub is a partnership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which will manage and host it, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). It is one of the three regional hubs under the global Sustainable Energy for All Initiative set up by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with three targets to be met by 2030: universal access to modern energy services; double the annual global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and double the share of renewable energy. The hub will leverage the existing structures of ADB, UNDP and UNESCAP energy programmes that support countries in conducting rapid assessments of energy needs and plans, fostering policy dialogue on investment and market development, and catalyzing investments and mobilizing funds for clean energy development. For more information, visit http://asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2014/06/18/se4all-asia-pacific-hub-launch.html

• published: 17 Jun 2014
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