ESCAP-Energy Foundation China sign agreement to boost low carbon and sustainable energy targets in region

Under the agreement, ESCAP and EF will work together to support Asia-Pacific countries in accelerating implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 7 and 13 as well as the Paris Agreement targets. Both organizations also agreed to jointly promote opportunities to develop sustainable energy in Asia and the Pacific.

The MoU was signed by United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and the President of EF China, Professor Zou Ji in Beijing, China.

“Our organizations hold in common a wish to support countries of the region to pursue low carbon and sustainable development towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement targets. We aim to collaborate more closely and utilize the synergies between our organizations to advance these goals,” said Alisjahbana at the signing ceremony.

“Driving clean energy goals and strengthening climate actions in the region and globally is the value that the collaboration aims to bring.  With 20 years of experience working in China and in-depth knowledge on the economy-energy-environment nexus, Energy Foundation China endeavours to work with ESCAP and support the decarbonized growth of the region,” said Professor Zou Ji.