Energy after Rio - Prospects and Challenges - Executive Summary (UNDP, 1997, 38 p.): 3. New Opportunities in Energy Demand, Supply and Systems: 3.1 Introduction

Energy after Rio - Prospects and Challenges - Executive Summary (UNDP, 1997, 38 p.)

3. New Opportunities in Energy Demand, Supply and Systems

		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Demand Side: Energy and Energy-Intensive Materials Efficiency
		3.3 Supply Side: Renewables and Clean Fossil Fuel Technologies
		3.4 Fuels and Stoves for Cooking

3.1 Introduction

only attention to demand side energy issues and the level of energy services delivered will lead to a sustainable approach to energy

The adverse impacts of energy consumption and production can be mitigated either by reducing consumption or shifting energy supplies to options better able to support sustainable development objectives. Of the various entry points for efforts to reduce energy demand, it is technological performance that yields the largest and most accessible opportunities. Technological change has, by far, greater potential than changes in the patterns of consumption of goods and services, but this assessment must not preclude attempts to shift away from irrational and wasteful patterns of consumption.