Research Guides: Sustainable Energy: Websites

Sustainable and Renewable Energy

U.S. Department of Energy
The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.
International Energy Agency
The IEA works with governments and industry to shape a secure and sustainable energy future for all.
Renewable Energy
From the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.
Renewable Energy: The Clean Facts
NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council) combines the power of more than 3 million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and other environmental specialists to confront the climate crisis, protect the planet's wildlife and wild places, and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities.
Sustainable Energy for All
Our team of passionate professionals are located in our headquarters in Vienna, Austria and our satellite offices in Abuja, Nigeria, and Washington DC and New York City, United States. Our goals are to ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
Affordable and Clean Energy
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 to end poverty, reduce inequality and build more peaceful, prosperous societies by 2030.

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