In December 2010, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2012 as the “International Year for Sustainable Energy for All” (Resolution 65/151), aimed at creating “an enabling environment for the promotion and use of new and renewable energy technologies, including measures to improve access to such technologies.”  

date: 1 January 2012   location: worldwide   www: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/436