Gold Magazine December 2013 - January 2014, Issue 33 | Página 52

Kazakhstan
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environmental agenda. Hopefully, the impact will be long-term and will help find
solutions to some of the pressing energy
and environmental needs of the region.

opment. Future Energy also contemplates
raising awareness regarding energy as an
inherent asset of humanity that should be
used responsibly and efficiently.

Future Energy
Concept

Mission

Energy is the natural resource paving the
way for the stimulation and development
of the lives of human beings. Energy supports the model of societies and, as a multifaceted concept, sparks intriguing questions regarding the universe and humanity
itself. Societies’ access to energy sources
directly determines concrete scenarios in
their social, economic and environmental development. Scientific research and
technological advances, linked to
the optimisation
of the various energy sources, define the functional
approaches of
societies and can
drive a sustainable
energy future.
EXPO Astana
2017 Future Energy is conceived
as an extensive,
integral project
that addresses the
fascinating topic
of energy from several perspectives, allowing it to be contemplated as a determining
factor in how societies and everyday life
function.
Future Energy is a broad and thoughtprovoking theme for addressing the challenges of today and anticipating future
solutions. The Future Energy project is
supported and organised on the pillars of
sustainable development, understood as a
process aimed at meeting economic and
social needs as well as those relating to cultural diversity and a healthy environment.

As a significant
oil producer,
Kazakhstan
is looking to
the future
and starting
the process of
greening its
economy
farm. Participants will be able to travel
around the site via sustainable transport
and dine on organic food.
Because the EXPO tradition is built
around innovation, Kazakhstan and Astana in particular make ideal hosts for
EXPO 2017. As a brand new capital city
that is leading an economic revolution in
Central Asia, Astana’s EXPO will allow
visitors to experience the possibility of a
future world with a cleaner, more secure
energy supply. An exhibition on this scale
will build international awareness of the
energy and environmental challenges that
need to be faced in the region. It will also
attract some of the best expertise available
in the world on subjects such as energysaving technologies and alternative energy
solutions, including solar, wind and biomass.
By hosting EXPO 2017, Kazakhstan
will leave its mark on the international

Definition

Both in its construction as well as in the
message it conveys, Future Energy presupposes an abstraction that assumes the
adoption, implementation and use of the
best energy practices for the immediate future, a sine qua non for sustainable devel-

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