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Businesses & govts. announce commitments to increase clean energy at COP22
"Energy Leaders Accelerate Climate Action," 11 Nov 2016
…[L]eaders from a wide range of sectors are coming together on Energy Day at…COP22…
Discussions and commitments made throughout the day will include:
…RE100 and EP100 initiatives
- Pre-launch commitments to “One for All” – a global campaign…that seeks to mobilize new forms of capital…to end energy poverty before 2030.
- …Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Lighthouses Initiative…aimed at supporting islands in the transformation of their energy systems.
- …Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)
- The remarkable renewable energy transformation of Morocco…
New announcements made on Energy Day include:
- …The RE100 and EP100 initiatives are designed to work together to provide the least-cost decarbonisation pathway for business, and today three companies – Dalmia Cement, Philips Lighting and Swiss Re – become the first companies to be part of both campaigns…
- Together, RE100 companies are collectively creating over 100TWh of demand for renewable electricity – more than enough to power Morocco three times over…
- A new private-sector led initiative, the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA)…builds connections between corporate electricity demand and renewable energy supply…
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