renewables 2004: Steering Committee Starts Work
International Conference for Renewable Energies in Bonn 2004 is in preparation

6 June, 2003. The International Conference for Renewable Energies (renewables 2004) will be held in Bonn, Germany, early in June 2004. On Wednesday and Thursday of next week (11 and 12 June) in Bonn, the International Steering Committee will meet for the first time to prepare for the conference. The steering committee is composed of about 50 representatives from industrialized and developing countries, international and non-governmental organisations and civil society groups. They are to give the German government the benefit of their experience regarding the themes and structure of the conference. At the same time, they are ambassadors for renewables 2004. In all, three sessions of the International Steering Committee are planned.

The International Conference for Renewable Energies was announced by German Chancellor Gerhard Schr�der at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in September 2002 in Johannesburg. The conference will give further impetus to the dynamic process initiated in Johannesburg for the global development of renewable energy. It will also use the momentum generated by the coalition of like-minded countries for the promotion of renewable energy, known as the Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition.