Stockholm Initiative on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (SEED)

The power sector is a major contributor to environmental degradation. Electric power is also central to development. Energy efficiency, obtainable through power systems rehabilitation and sustainable improvements in institutional performance, is the most cost-effective route to reducing environmental damage while increasing electricity services delivered to end-users. Strategies to harmonize environment and development must therefore have energy efficiency as their centrepiece within the overall framework of social and economic development.