The recent Global Energy Assessment, released by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, shows that combating global warming while providing affordable energy worldwide is technologically and economically feasible.

Global Marine Assessment

Global International Waters Assessment

Global strategy for regional and global assessment activities

6 United Nations, UNDP and World Energy Council, World Energy Assessment Overview Update (2004).

Global Energy Realism

A global energy crisis.

Source FAO, Global Forest Resource Assessment 2000.

The Coming Global Energy Revolution

We continue to agree with the Agency's assessment that global socio economic development needs will require a large increase in the supply of energy in the coming decades.

The IAEA's energy assessment services build a State's capability for energy analysis and energy planning, taking into account the country's economic, environmental and social development needs.

C. Global and regional guidance for the assessment reports

The first phase of the Global Marine Assessment the so called assessment of assessments will be important.

After all, energy is a global commodity.

Assessment of developments in the global markets of distribution services

GCG and RIGs Organize preparation of the Global Assessment Report

II Global assessment of the state of the marine environment

welcoming FAO's work on global forest information and monitoring, assessment and reporting on forests, including through the Global Forest Resources Assessment and the State of the World's Forests,

Regional assessments, again following an agreed global format, would provide the basis for a global assessment report.

Global economic instability correlates strongly with energy price volatility.

(a) Develop global international standards for official energy statistics

(d) Renewable energy at the local scale should be included for assessment as a technological intervention.

The Global Assessment Programme completed modules on Focus Assessment Studies a Qualitative Approach to Data Collection (United Nations publication, Sales No.

Hence there is an ongoing need for review and assessment reports, such as those produced by the World Energy Council, the International Energy Agency and IPCC.

In their research paper, Energy Security An Impact Assessment of the EU Climate and Energy Package, Böhringer and Keller note that the EU has never set itself a clear metric for energy security.

The key role of energy in global problems is clear.

Canada is the 5th largest producer of energy in the world, producing about 6 of global energy supplies.

The report also called for a 40 reduction in global energy intensity by 2030, which, if implemented, would reduce global energy intensity at approximately double the historical rate.

3 FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000, FAO Forestry Paper, No. 140 (2001).

The global energy and climate crises can be overcome if the world invests together to develop new energy technologies.

Of course, the notion of energy security is fuzzy. In their research paper, Energy Security An Impact Assessment of the EU Climate and Energy Package, Böhringer and Keller note that the EU has never set itself a clear metric for energy security.

Surprisingly, buildings account for about one third of global energy use.

Keep in mind that global energy demand will double by 2050.

The OECD s interim assessment called it the most important risk for the global economy.

It highlights findings of recently completed assessments such as the 2005 2006 GEO Yearbook, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA).

It reviews progress on global and sub global assessments currently under way, such as the Global Environment Outlook and the Global Marine Assessment, for which continuing support from Governments is necessary.

Further, the first global monitoring report will need to reflect the results of global data collection and the assessment of that data.

And global warming s impact would reduce energy consumption for almost all nations.

Energy lies at the heart of the world s most pressing global challenges.

Yet at both the global and national levels, energy is poorly governed.

14. R D in low carbon energy technologies to combat global warming

The Global Renewable Energy Fund of Funds should help close the financing gap for developing renewable energy markets and services worldwide.

Some alarmists declare that we need to drastically reduce energy use on a global scale, undermining the global economy.

The assessment is founded on a framework for conducting integrated agricultural assessments at local, national, regional and global scales, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment framework.

Certain areas, however, such as renewable energy sources and desertification monitoring and assessment, would merit closer attention in future reports.