UN Energy

About UN Energy

UN Energy was established to help ensure coherence in the UN system’s multi-disciplinary response to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) and to ensure the effective engagement of non-UN stakeholders in implementing WSSD energy-related decisions. It aims to promote system-wide collaboration in the area of energy with a coherent and consistent approach since there is no single entity in the UN system that has primary responsibility for energy.

The group focuses on substantive and collaborative actions both in regard to policy development in the energy area and its implementation as well as in maintaining an overview of major ongoing initiatives within the system based on the UN Energy work program at global, regional sub-regional and national levels.

In August 2007, the group elected Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, United Nations Development Organization (UNIDO) as Chair and Olav Kjorven, Assistant Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as Vice Chair. Secretariat services are provided by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).