Through the NEP we hope to lay the foundation for the creation of an enabling environment to attract private sector capital to the energy sector, to restructure and reform energy institutions, to decentralize energy service administration, to fully utilize domestic energy resources and, most importantly, to ensure that all parts of Liberia have access to affordable and modem energy services. The bedrock of this NEP is our national experience, the ECOWAS Energy Protocol and the collective global efforts to combat climate change events. As our contribution to ongoing global initiatives to mitigate where possible and to adapt where necessary the adverse impact of climate change due to emission of greenhouse gases, we are making a policy declaration in this NEP to drive Liberia towards a carbon neutral economy by 2050. The challenges to achieve these objectives are nevertheless enormous, but it is the intention of the Government to use the NEP as the strategic blueprint for the implementation of its energy development programs.