From inter_office@eurosolar.org Sun Aug 29 11:53:31 2004 Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:23:59 +0200 From: EUROSOLARTo: EUROSOLAR-Verteiler Subject: WCRE Update August,4,2004 [ Part 1.1, Text/PLAIN (charset: Unknown "windows-1252") 48 lines. ] [ Unable to print this part. ] [ The following text is in the "windows-1252" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] WCRE Update August, 4, 2004 The most recent print issue of the ^ÓSolarzeitalter^Ô (Solar Age) has published a comparison of several political declarations postulated on occasion of the resolution of the International Conferences for Renewable Energy in Bonn this year: - the World Renewable Energy Agenda of WCRE/EUROSOLAR, May 31, 2004 - the Political Declaration of Renewables 2004, June 6, 2004 - the Resolution of the International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energy, June 2, 2004 - the International Youth Summit on Renewable Energy, May 31, 2004, and - the Declaration of the Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CURES). Please find the synopsis attached (word document: SynopsisEnglish.doc). Among other aspects the synopsis of the German Magazine of EUROSOLAR and WCRE shows that the Political Declaration of the Governmental conference and the Declaration of the Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability are lacking of any calls for new international treaty arrangements for the promotion of renewable energy. Both of these declarations are also weak in demanding effective international institutional measurements that could facilitate a faster dissemination of renewable energy technologies. However, in particular, international institutions and treaty arrangements are essential to create at least an equal institutional counterpart to international fossil and nuclear energy institutions like the International Atomic Energy Association or the International Energy Agency. The World Renewable Energy Agenda of WCRE and the resolution of the International Youth Summit on Energy are more expressive concerning new institutional measurements. Even around 300 elected Parliamentarians from 80 countries show that a lack of activities for renewable energy cannot be compensated solely by international conferences, informal networks or consensual approaches, but only by effective institutionalized measurements. WCRE (World Council for Renewable Energy) c/o EUROSOLAR e.V. Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 11 D-53113 Bonn Germany Phone +49-(0)228 / 362373, 362375 Fax +49-(0)228 / 361279, 361213 info@wcre.org, inter_office@eurosolar.org www.wcre.org, www.eurosolar.org [ Part 2, Application/MSWORD 42KB. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]