This means that China must treat climate change and intelligent energy use as priorities in its national policies.

Among other activities, it organized a number of national workshops on integration of energy and rural development policies and programmes.

An integrated, continent wide energy strategy, linked to national policies for growth would, indeed, go a long way toward addressing this important need.

Policies targeting energy efficiency and security largely lapsed.

V. National policies and measures

National priorities, policies and institutions

So what should be done? The most important step for those preparing for Copenhagen is to embrace national policies that increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

(a) Energy statistics experts from national statistical offices and or energy ministries authorities

Developing countries must improve their policies governing the critical sectors of water, energy, transport and trade, including pricing policies.

National Plan of Policies for Women.

The inconsistencies between climate goals and energy policies are becoming increasingly stark.

Brazil held its first national conference on women policies in July 2004 to prepare guidelines for gender mainstreaming in national policies.

The role of national and international policies

Energy efficient industry can compete better, pollute less and help to achieve national energy security.

There must be a general shift in both European and global energy policies.

Smart and forward looking national policies are imperative.

All three institutions have announced reviews of their lending policies for the energy sector.

Countries need to reformulate their energy policies including by boosting production and refining capacity, diversifying energy sources, and giving new impetus to conservation.

Many small island developing States were unable to adopt energy efficient practices for lack of appropriate policies and information, and most needed energy audits.

Current green energy policies are failing for a simple reason renewables are far too expensive.

But diverse national policies can achieve only so much.

Mainstreaming a gender perspective into national policies and programmes

Most energy and carbon taxes are levied by national governments.

Report of the National Office of Nuclear Energy and Technology

Second, energy rationing policies like cap and trade will be a permanent drag on economic activity.

The CNDM participated actively in the organization of the First National Conference on Policies for Women and the elaboration of the National Plan on Policies for Women.

First, there should be sound national policies and correct governance.

Globally and at the national level, energy is still conceptualized and managed in terms of energy sources, not in terms of the energy services those sources provide.

The States Parties which have enjoyed the international cooperation to assure the implementation of their national policies on fuel cycle and peaceful use of nuclear energy could be expected to sign and implement the Additional Protocol.

Most of the 14 member States have adopted national youth policies.

The implementation of cross sectoral integrated national youth policies is vital.

The first of those are sound national policies and correct governance.

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

Nuclear power generation is an indispensable element of Pakistan's national energy strategy.

All national policies involving asylum, extradition, removal and forcible transfers must conform to international, regional and national law.

National policies have something to do with this, but so do the deeply flawed immigration policies in all European Union countries.

Pursuing solely national policies on technology transfer runs contrary to that goal.

Each National Health Service has different policies and priorities, resulting in contrasts.

(g) International Monetary Fund The relevance of national policies to promote growth

At the national (macro) level, the strategy supports policies, processes and interventions.

(b) Strengthen official energy statistics as part of the system of national statistics

Spain was among the first countries to introduce a national energy plan aimed at promoting renewable energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Chinese authorities have also introduced policies to reduce the proportion of coal in the country s overall energy mix.

In this connection, the States parties confirm that each country's choices and decisions in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be respected without jeopardizing its policies or international cooperation agreements and arrangements for peaceful uses of nuclear energy and its fuel cycle policies.

Europe cannot build an efficient external policy without achieving a minimum of harmonization of member state policies regarding energy flows, interconnections, infrastructure, investment, and greater progress toward a single energy market.