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ISSUE: 4
QUESTION OF: The Promotion of new and renewable sources
CO-SUBMITTERS: Pakistan, Lithuania, UNIDO, France, Austria, USA, Norway, Guatemala, UAE, Sweden, Hungary
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Recognizing that the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation is the structure for sustainable development with energy sources and calls for its full implementation,
Reminding the United Nations to continue to raise awareness to using renewable energy for sustainable development,
Emphasizing that an acre of hemp yields 10 tons of biomass in a period of four months, which is enough to make approximately 4,500 liters of biofuel,
Acknowledging the urgent need to supply energy access to developing countries,
Affirms that the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 acknowledges all forms of renewable energy including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, ocean and thermal,
Reminding delegates of the dangers of nuclear waste that are fueling many countries today,
Recalling the importance in achieving the Millenium Development Goals and encouraging delegates to help improve new and renewable energy in an environmental friendly, socially acceptable, feasible, and reliable way,
Reminding the United Nations to continue to raise awareness to the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, especially in providing aid to low-income countries for renewable energy,
Reminding all delegates that renewable energy is crucial in providing access to energy as well as in enhancing energy security, accelerating economic growth and development, and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
1. Calls upon all member states to use economic incentives to promote the usage of renewable energy, such as hydropower, solar power, and wind power in their industries by:
a) Providing tax breaks to companies that are actively researching or seeking to use renewable energy as a main way of production and providing electricity feed-in laws,
b) Providing subsidies for companies that are already heavily using renewable energy as a way of production, so they will remain competitive in their industry with those who do not use renewable energy,
c) Setting quotas or higher tariffs on imports that were made with non-renewable energy, thus reducing their competitiveness by lowering demand for such goods;
2. Calls for the full implementation of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, as it is the framework for sustainable development and notes the significant efforts shown to increase development and sustainable energy by developed countries from governments, stakeholders, and internal as well as external members of the United Nations;
3. Further Proclaims that the outlined steps are preliminary for LEDC’s to be able to achieve sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals;
4. Reminding all delegates of the ongoing efforts to maintain the sufficient amount of renewable energy by following the examples of:
a) Lithuania’s biomass, solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal resources and the emerging development of alternative energy technology in Pakistan,
b) The steps the USA has taken to develop crops that can be processed to make jet fuel;
5. Expresses its hope for nuclear power to be contained in more eco-friendly ways such as:
a) Focusing on the safety of transporting nuclear waste, through having the containers used for transport go through rigorous inspections and tests,
b) Also, encouraging countries using nuclear waste to minimize their usage of nuclear waste annually,
c) Ensuring safe working conditions for workers that are involved in dealing with nuclear waste by having unsystematic inspections for working conditions;
6. Encourages all stakeholders and Government officials to increase research into new technology and development to increase use of renewable energy and to deploy human and financial resources to increase research efforts by:
a) The United Nations should create a universal logo for products that have been produced with renewable energy, thus the public will seek out such products with ease,
b) Further education should be provided on the matter of renewable energy as a way to sustain our ever growing economy and ecosystems by:
i. Emphasizing the importance of precautionary actions on the matter of global warming,
ii. Stresses that prevention is always less costly than finding a cure,
c) Television advertisements in which:
i. Governments that subsidize private installation of solar panels should state so in their promotions;
7. Supports the inclusion of the “Earth Summit” conference held in 1992, the World Solar Programme (1996-2005),developing companies such as 3TIER and ACORE which help promote renewable energy and collect aid;
8. Considers investment in:
a) The development of Vietnam’s solar energy panels, either financially or through labor, taking into consideration the energy production of Vietnam’s solar energy is equivalent to 49.3 billion tons of oil each year, which is equal to 7 billion barrels,
b) The development of solar energy panels in areas with most sunlight such as the Sahara to enforce maximum energy efficiency, either financially or through supplying labor.