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Resolution No. 19/11 approving the Statute of the International Agency of Renewable Energies (IRENA).

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 170.
Subject
Energy, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Institution Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Renewable energy Climate change Ozone layer Biodiversity Ecosystem preservation Desertification Hazards
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution approves the Statute of the International Agency of Renewable Energies (IRENA). The Statute, consisting of 20 articles, regulates the above mentioned International Agency under the Ministry of Energy, which will be responsible for: promoting a better dissemination of all forms of sustainable energy use, taking into consideration the National and local priorities and also the benefits originated from a combined approach of renewable energy, energy efficiency measures, and the contribution of renewable energies to the preservation of environment through the limitation of natural resources use, such as deforestation in particular of tropical tree species, desertification and the loss of local biodiversity.

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