Energetic Uprisings

Pooja Krishna H A, reporting from the United Nations Economic and Social Council, throws light on the state of the energy sector of the various countries, as discussed by the delegates in the Council.

The motion on the floor was regarding SDG numbers 6 (clean water and sanitation), and 7 (affordable and clean energy), which began with the Delegate of France declaring them to be ‘catalytic’ and ‘short-term’.

The Delegate of India, trying to take on the role of the Big Brother (since the Delegate of USA was keeping mum), declared that India would gladly provide technological and other kinds of aid to countries. This was in response to the Delegate of Afghanistan’s statement about India not being co-operative to the cause. The Delegate of India’s statement prompted the Delegate of Japan to ask India to first resolve their own problems before volunteering to help out those countries which India deems are ‘in need’. The Delegate of Japan substantiated his statement by pointing out that the Ganga Action Plan had been failing for several years now. The Delegate of Japan also talked about the River Basin Management plan that Japan had introduced and implemented. It had ensured the conservation of water resources and the protection of underwater life.

Elaborating on this agenda, the Delegate of Russia also brought into the focus of the Council the Copenhagen Treaty, which is the unbinding extension of the Kyoto protocol, and the Doctrine of Energy, which is aimed at Russia decreasing the energy generated from natural gas, so as to conserve natural resources.

The session ended with the Delegate of the People’s Republic China reminding the delegates about the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which seeks to help 21 Asian countries to improve their infrastructure, by lending money.

The session had been fruitful with a lot of solutions being provided.