International Network for Sustainable Energy

Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE)
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Non-profit_type = Network of NGOs, grassroot organisations
founded_date = 1992
founder = NGOs
location = Denmark
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key_people = Regional coordinators
area_served = World wide
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focus = sustainable energy environmentalism
method = newsletter, education, research, lobbying
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num_members = 160 NGOs worldwide
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homepage = http://www.inforse.org
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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. [ [http://www.inforse.org/presentation.php3 INFORSE's Presentation, Charter] ]

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". [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/Vision2050.htm INFORSE's Vision 2050 - 100% Renewables] ] ,
* World-wide database of contacts [ [http://www.inforse.org/regions.php3 INFORSE Contact Database] ] , web based resources on EU policy [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/eupolicy.htm INFORSE's EU Policy overview] ] , school materials [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/schools.htm School resources] ] , successes [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/success/SU_About.htm. European Success database] ]
* Online course material (DIERET) [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/dieret/ DIERET] ]
* Quarterly newsletter: Sustainable Energy News (SEN) [ [http://www.inforse.org/s_e_news.php3 Sustainable Energy News (SEN)] ]
* Participation on UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/conf06_UN_CSD.htm INFORSE at CSD] ] and UNFCCC as observer.
* Participation on EU Consultations, Press Releases [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/eu_policy_press.htm INFORSE Press releases] ] .
* Organising European NGO Policy Seminars. [ [http://www.inforse.org/europe/seminar.htm INFORSE Seminars] ]

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 [ [http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/ UN Database of NGOs with Consultative status] ] . 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

* [http://www.inforse.org INFORSE]
* [http://www.inforse.org/europe INFORSE-Europe]
* [http://www.inforse.org/asia INFORSE-Asia]
* [http://www.inforse.org/africa INFORSE-Africa]
* [http://www.inforse.org/presentation_spanish.php3 INFORSE in Spanish]
* [http://www.inforse.org/presentation_french.php3 INFORSE in French]