International Network for Sustainable Energy

International Network for Sustainable Energy, (INFORSE) is an international, non-profit organisation (NGO) network of environmental organizations promoting sustainable energy to protect the environment and to decrease poverty.^[1]

Activities

• Develops scenarios for a transition to a 100% renewables energy supply with factor four energy efficiency by 2050. A global, EU-27 and European national scenarios are developed. The name of the sustainable energy model is INFORSE Vision 2050.,^[2]
• World-wide database of about 1000 contacts,^[3] web based resources on EU policy,^[4] school materials,^[5] successes^[6]
• Online course material (DIERET)^[7]
• Quarterly newsletter: Sustainable Energy News (SEN) published since 1992^[8]
• Participation on UN Conferences as NGO observer as INFORSE has Consultative Status at UN ECOSOC and UNFCCC. Participation at e.g.,:
  • UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) (CSD9, CSD14 and CSD15 in New York)^[9]
  • UNFCCC (e.g., Exhibition and side event at COP 14, Poznan, 2008;^[10] and COP 15 Copenhagen^[11]
  • Beijing International Renewable Energy Conference (BIREC 2005), Beijing, China^[12]
  • Renewables'04, Bonn International Renewable Energy Conference, Bonn 2004^[13]
  • WSSD, World Summit on Sustainable Development (Earth Summit 2002) in Johannesburg in 2002.

• Participation on EU Consultations, Press Releases.^[14]
• Organising European NGO Policy Seminars.^[15]
• Exhibition, participation at EU events, e.g., EU Green Week, Sustainable Energy Week. See more at INFORSE-Europe.

History

INFORSE was established in 1992 at the Global Forum, which was a parallel forum to the UNCED Conference so called Earth Summit. In 1998, INFORSE got consultative status to United Nation's ECOSOC.^[16] INFORSE is working through Regional Coordinators in Asia, Africa, Europe, Americas. The INFORSE Secretariat is in Denmark. In 2002, INFORSE-Europe was registered in Denmark as an NGO network working on European level.

References

External links

• INFORSE
• INFORSE-Europe
• INFORSE-Asia
• INFORSE-Africa
• INFORSE in Spanish
• INFORSE in French