A UN official said on Thursday that as part of the goal of climate change mitigation, the global level of dependence on renewable energy sources should be more than doubled by 2030.
In a telephone interview with Reuters, the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh Yungela, said: “The new target is that by 2030, renewable energy accounts for 30% of the energy supply.â€
He said that the renewable energy target will join the United Nations in achieving the goal of making electricity available to everyone by 2030 and increasing global energy efficiency by 40% by 2030.
Related efforts will be named "30/30/30" as part of efforts to eliminate poverty in developing countries and combat global warming.
Yungela also praised efforts to promote cooperation between the public and private sectors. "Without a good public-private partnership platform, we cannot achieve our goals."