Energy efficiency, best option

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Written by Jonathan Mayuga / Correspondent
Thursday, 10 September 2009 22:49

DEVELOPING countries should not stop growing just because resources are now in short supply and climate is changing. But to protect the planet, industrial growth must be propelled by clean energy, a top United Nations official said on Wednesday.

Kandeh Yumkella, director general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido), told Asian trade and environment ministers attending the International Conference on Green Industry in Asia at the Philippine International Convention Center that 2.5 billion people would be condemned to a life of perpetual poverty without growth.

Hosted by the Philippines through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the three-day conference organized by Unido, the United Nations Environment Program, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and International Labor Organization, drew more than 1,200 participants, including 21 trade and environment ministers and senior officials representing 21 countries in Asia, eminent experts and representatives from business, academic and research communities, as well as civic organizations and the media.

With the theme “Managing the Transition to Resource-efficient and Low-ca"