Country : Netherlands

Committee : United Nations Environmental

An estimated of 1.2 billion people have little or no access to electricity.1 As access to modern energy like
electricity will drastically improve the quality of life of those who do not have access to it, thus ensuring the
resources for the energy is a notable thing for society and the nation. Among the world’s ‘‘energy poor’’ (population
without electricity access and/or without access to modern cooking technologies), nearly 95% are localized in Asia
and Sub-Saharan Africa. With a very weak economy power, no proper investment, and lacking on proper capability
to establish, manage, plan, and even maintain the technology, the access towards renewable energy might only be a
utopian thing.
The problem in improving energy access comes from the increasing demand. The human population has a
positive growth rate, which means the population is increasing. It used to be exponential, yet the growth rate is
decreasing. This problem then leads into a new emerging problems, which is to find and/or establish another
alternative resources of energy.
Lack of efficiency and effectiveness of renewable energy would be another problem that might arise. According
to the US Energy Information Administration, coal power plants have an efficiency of 45%2. This means that from
all the potential chemical energy from the reaction of burning coal, only 45% of its energy is used to rotate a turbine,
while 55% of its energy becomes heat and sound which is useless for electricity. With this consideration, a proper of
funding mechanism is needed for energy projects. It is agreed upon that renewable energy is more expensive than
non-renewable in terms of initial cost, operational cost and has a long return in investments. Even if renewable
energy could generate energy for everyone in a country, its population might not have enough money to buy them.
As part of the European Union, Netherlands acknowledge the RED (Renewable Energy Directive) and European
green Deal as an initiation to start a more sustainable action for our environment. Through our program such as The
‘Stimuleringsregeling Duurzame Energieproductie’ or SDE+ — An incentive scheme for sustainable energy
production — we try to subsidize the energy industry in the heat, gas, and electricity sector, to expand a universal
energy access towards our people. We also strives to increase a PPP (Public-Private Partnership) scheme to ensure
the collaboration among all actors as well as to increase the access towards energy in the energy market.
Put aside the economic power of the countries, Netherlands believes that every and each one of a country in this
world still striving to faces several challenges on accessing natural renewable energy resources. Commonly, the sites
to establish and to construct the areas where it has the potential for natural renewable energy resources, are a litte bit
perilous due to dominatly of the areas located whether in mountainous/remoted/hard-to-reach/hard-to-build areas
where the power trasmission network is fragile. All of the aspects needs to be put into the consideration, such as the
human resources to manage, build, plan, and maintain the facility; the technology to ensure the effectiveness of the
energy saving; geographical condition; the soil; and even the climate condition that could affect the location.
As we are facing this challenges, we also have a big consideration towards LDCs (Least Developed Countries)
especially in accordance with the funding mechanism that probably these member states do not have such as the
awareness towards all of the institution and/or society related to the usage of energy, a proper technology and
research in order to make a strategic planning, a national programme, or even the knowledge to make it a lot easier
for other state to reach and utilize the resources. . Hence, we propose a solution that Program will take several steps ,
which are :
1. Data Comparisons and Knowledge Sharing.

1
IEA. 2019. World Energy Outlook 2019. IEA, Paris. Retrieved from [Link]
outlook-2019
2
IEA. 2019. What is the efficiency of different types of power plants?. Retrieved fro
[Link]
 Identification and Data Collection are necessary for the first step of every project planning, thus, it will include 3
level (International/Regional, National, sub-region) of structural approaches with the following mechanism :
a. Works closely with IRENA (International Renewable Energy Agency) and increase coordination with such bodies
but not limited to : sub-sector networks (ssNs) and specialised energy bodies (seBs) of ASEAN, African Energy
Commission, European Energy Centre, et cetera to conduct further research and provide data upon renewable energy
resources, vulnerability index, and technology feasibility study on developing and especially fossil-reliant countries
in order to introduce a data evaluation, monitoring and verification (EMV) protocol to ensure energy access and
efficiency data is credible and accurate; This action will to endorse the establishment of a better bilateral or
multilateral energy cooperation between developed and developing states in order to ensure the commitment of the
parties in respect of the transfer of technology , technical assistance, Training of Trainers (ToT), and research data;
b. Further strengthening and coordinating with Resident Coordinator (RC) ; RC should: Help from within the
national level to map and analyze development progress, making a thematic report, mapping, and making a new
prioritize to find and analyze the potential, geographical and socio-economical situation and condition within that
areas, to be aware with the renewable energy resources, know how to use it, and develop a strategic planning in
accordance with the management to establish and/or to manage new energy resources access.
c. Initiates a region mapping process in order to identify potentials of renewable energy resources in light of
hydropower, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass energy and or solar power with the technological
incorporation potentials of each region;
2. Enhancing the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDP). This INDP will includes 4 main
points which are : Adaptation, Mitigation, Cross-Cutting Programme, and Forests focused programme.
a. The adaptation will aims to conduct such actions, inter alia : making a resillient livelihoods as well climate-
resillient integrated water resources and coastal management in regards to establishment of hydropower resources. In
addition to that, it also includes of climate risk management, early warning systems, and community approach along
with ecosystem-based adaptation.
b. Cross-cutting Programme can help and support the financing programme in regards of this matters, such as
through helping member states to access the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Nationally Determined Contributions
(NDCs) and to strengthen the institutional and assist the policy development of the national government.
c. Mitigation Programme will aims to encourages the member states to access to clean and affordable energy. This
can be done by using such policy of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to have low-emission and
a more effective energy access.
d. Forest Focussed Programme is to be a complementer of the mitigation programme as well, due to this actions
will aims to reduce the emission by preventing the deforestation and forest degradation.
3. Public-Private Partnership. Encourages the implementation of Public-Private Partnership in order to attracts
private companies to invest in the renewable energy sector with the following mechanism;
a. Proposing the sets of incentives towards investment with the following measures of returns: i. Return of
investment with the maximum return of investment percentage of will be negotiated according each capability; ii.
Return of assets; iii. Shared revenue with the predetermined agreement between the parties of investment and
recipients;
b. Allowing the government to enlist their proposed infrastructure or renewable energy activities or inform the
market on their proposal;
c. The commencement of projects proposal may be proposed by government, private companies or any third party as
long as proper assessment of cost and benefit are given before the agreement has been made;
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