Current Use and Opportunities that Exist to Increase Use of Sustainable Energy Technologies in Micro-grids in United Nations Peacekeeping within the Contexts of Organizational Reform and Climate Change

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In this thesis, I seek to answer questions about the use of Sustainable Energy Technologies in Micro-grids (SETM)® in United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO), and perhaps other Peacekeeping Operations (PKO). One question is, what is the current use? Another question is, how is the UN DPKO supporting UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) #7 without SETM? The third question motivating this research is, what opportunities exist to increase the use of SETM given MDG #7, global climate change’s impact on intergovernmental policy, and the overall state of UN reform? This thesis also includes information about how less developed countries’ (LDCs) participate in UN PKO and how the opportunity for LDCs to also acquire new, refurbished, and sustainable electricity generation may lead to more LDC peaceful global economic development. As LDCs membership into the developed world results from participation in and assistance from UN PKO, I explore general and specific UN policies which allow increased SETM in UN PKO; thereby allowing LDCs to contribute to UN DPKO’s mandate and MDG #7.