New UN report outlines indicators for sustainable energy use.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-18 April 2005-UN: New UN report outlines indicators for sustainable energy use(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18042005 NEW YORK - A publication outlining key indicators for sustainable energy use, jointly prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Energy Agency, Eurostat and the European Environment Agency, was launched today by the IAEA in Vienna.

The report addresses the concern that much of the world's current energy supply and use, which is based largely on limited fossil fuel resources, is associated with harmful environmental and health impacts, including air pollution and climate change. Moreover, some 1.7 billion people...