Areas of Work

Mobilizing Finance

UNEP's energy finance work focuses on mobilising investment for renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and systems.

Energy Efficiency

UNEP Energy's energy efficiency activities involve various facets of promoting industrial new and innovative energy efficiency methodologies and techniques, as well as clean energy technology research, development, transfer and commercialization.

Renewable Energy

UNEP promotes the deployment of renewable energy technologies by providing information on solar and wind energy potentials, renewable energy policy effectiveness analyses and information in support of financial risk management of renewable energy project development.

Transport

UNEP promotes the integration of environmental considerations into transport-related decisions at all levels, ranging from global to personal. The overall objective is to bring about a shift to both transport systems and approaches to mobility that are less disruptive to the environment while reducing the growing energy demand from the sector. This includes promoting a balanced growth among different transport modes in particular public transport and non-motorized transport modes, modal shifts to less polluting modes, inter-modality that improves the overall efficiency of the transport system.

Bioenergy

Bioenergy – as part of an energy mix that includes other renewable energy sources, and alongside energy efficiency and changed patterns of production and consumption - is an essential energy option for a range of applications. It provides a number of opportunities in terms of climate change mitigation, energy security and development benefits. However, these opportunities do not necessarily materialize, and in addition, bioenergy can pose a number of serious risks. UNEP works in partnership with governments, the private sector and NGOs to maximize the benefits and reduce the environmental and social costs of producing and using bioenergy, by: assuring environmental and social sustainability of biofuels through sustainability principles and criteria; supporting governments in bioenergy planning and policy frameworks; and helping test business models that use energy crops to maximize the development benefits of bioenergy.