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Comments: European, Latin American and many other developing countries

Sounds like an eminently sensible alternative to including those nations that are resisting renewable energy targets... any chance of a summary of the pledges made by "willing" nations when this is possible? I remember Gerhard Schroder saying something about 500 million euros over 5 years, and hosting a conference on renewables but what about the other "willing" nations... I saw a Greenpeace article which said UK renewable energy had dropped from 2.8 to 2.6% of the national total (but don't quote me), if true it sounds as though we have along way to go in the UK let alone elsewhere... I imagine wind turbines, etc could be a great development tool as they localised energy production and would probably cut the infrastructure investment needed to give poor communities power. ITDG (Intermediate technology development group) hosted a seminar on this the other day called Power to the People... this is a briefing I was sent on the issue... www.itdg.org/html/advocacy/wssd_p2p.htm... Matt @ www.earthsummit.info

Posted by Matt Prescott on September 4, 2002 07:22 PM

Well - thats was that. Seldom has I seen such a poor show - but that was no surpise. US is running the show - even the protests. But 10 years from now we will se a very different mode I think - either more serious work, or every one for himself.
Thank You David Steven - great job.

Posted by Bo B Melander on September 4, 2002 08:57 PM

Contact details for Margot Wallstrom (and others) would be useful here?

Posted by Michele Misiewicz on September 5, 2002 03:51 AM

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