The world progress on the SDG's 7th goal
With positive indicators that energy is becoming more sustainable and broadly available, the world is making progress toward Goal 7. In poor countries, access to power is increasing, energy efficiency is improving, and renewable energy is making significant progress in the electricity sector.
However, improving access to clean and safe cooking fuels and technology for the world's 3 billion people, expanding the use of renewable energy without relying on the power sector, and increasing the introduction of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa all require more focused attention.
The Energy Progress report provides a global dashboard for tracking energy availability, efficiency, and renewable energy progress. The study evaluates each country's progress in these three areas and gives an indication of how close we are to attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Access to energy could stymie attempts.
Energy services are essential for preventing disease and controlling epidemics – from running health care facilities and providing clean water to enabling basic hygiene habits, to enabling communications and information technology services that connect people while maintaining social distance – lack of access to energy may stymie efforts to contain COVID-19 in many parts of the world.
789 million people live without electricity, the majority of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa, and hundreds of millions more have access to very limited or unstable energy. Only about a quarter of health institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to reliable power, despite the fact that the energy is desperately needed to keep people connected to the internet at home and to operate life-saving technology at hospitals.
The inability of hospitals and communities to get energy could exacerbate the human tragedy and impede global recovery greatly.
The UN Secretary-Special General's Representative for Sustainable Energy for All emphasized why energy access is critical during the COVID-19 emergency and outlined three approaches to respond to COVID-19 emergencies:
1. Make energy solutions for health clinics and first-aid providers a top priority.
2. Keep in touch with vulnerable customers;
3. Increase energy production consistently and steadily enough to prepare for a more long-term economic recovery. More information on the relevance of energy in the COVID-19 response
The Energy Progress report provides a global dashboard for tracking energy availability, efficiency, and renewable energy progress. The study evaluates each country's progress in these three areas and gives an indication of how close we are to attaining the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Access to energy could stymie attempts.
Energy services are essential for preventing disease and controlling epidemics – from running health care facilities and providing clean water to enabling basic hygiene habits, to enabling communications and information technology services that connect people while maintaining social distance – lack of access to energy may stymie efforts to contain COVID-19 in many parts of the world.
789 million people live without electricity, the majority of whom are in Sub-Saharan Africa, and hundreds of millions more have access to very limited or unstable energy. Only about a quarter of health institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa have access to reliable power, despite the fact that the energy is desperately needed to keep people connected to the internet at home and to operate life-saving technology at hospitals.
The inability of hospitals and communities to get energy could exacerbate the human tragedy and impede global recovery greatly.
The UN Secretary-Special General's Representative for Sustainable Energy for All emphasized why energy access is critical during the COVID-19 emergency and outlined three approaches to respond to COVID-19 emergencies:
1. Make energy solutions for health clinics and first-aid providers a top priority.
2. Keep in touch with vulnerable customers;
3. Increase energy production consistently and steadily enough to prepare for a more long-term economic recovery. More information on the relevance of energy in the COVID-19 response
Reference:
Nations, U., 2021. Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. [online] Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | The United Nations in Saudi Arabia. Available at: <https://saudiarabia.un.org/en/sdgs/7> [Accessed 4 December 2021].
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/
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