Ensuring access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all
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concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong political commitment to
address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling environment at all levels
for sustainable development in the spirit of global partnersh ip and solidarity,
Reaffirming further the Paris Agreement 1 and its early entry into force, and
encouraging all its parties to fully implement the Agreement and parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2 that have not yet done so to
deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Welcoming the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the Secretary-General
on 23 September, and taking note of the multi-partner initiatives and commitments
presented during the Summit,
Highlighting the synergies between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development and the Paris Agreement,
Expressing concern that, at current rates of progress, none of the global energy
targets of the Sustainable Development Goals will be achieved by 2030,
Recalling its resolution 55/2 of 8 September 2000, by which it adopted the
United Nations Millennium Declaration, the 2005 World Summit Outcome 3 and the
outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the
Millennium Development Goals, 4
Reaffirming the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 5 and
Agenda 21 6 and the principles set out therein, and recalling the reco mmendations and
conclusions contained in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on
Sustainable Development (Johannesburg Plan of Implementation) 7 and the outcome
documents of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled
“The future we want”, 8 the third International Conference on Small Island Developing
States, entitled “SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway”, 9 the
second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries, entitled
“Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade
2014–2024”, 10 and the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed
Countries, entitled “Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries
for the Decade 2011–2020”, 11
Reaffirming also the New Urban Agenda, adopted at the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in
Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016, 12 which underlines, inter alia, the importance of
energy for cities,
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Adopted under the UNFCCC in FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21.
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.
Resolution 60/1.
Resolution 65/1.
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro,
3−14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication,
Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa,
26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and
corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
Resolution 66/288, annex.
Resolution 69/15, annex.
Resolution 69/137, annex II.
Report of the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, Istanbul,
Turkey, 9–13 May 2011 (A/CONF.219/7), chap. II.
Resolution 71/256, annex.
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