SDG7
Finance and Policy
SEforALL: Limited energy finance commitments delay SDG7 target
New research from Sustainable Energy for All shows that energy access finance continues to be significantly off-track to meet 2030 targets.
Generation
Geothermal development crucial to power economic growth in Africa
Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Charles Keter, has emphasised the need for innovation and capacity building in geothermal development to power economic and social growth in the continent.
Future Energy
The energy transition, are we there yet?
We have less than 10 years to meet SDG7, where the world will – if successful – deliver access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Renewable energy
New chair of SEforALL ready to drive the clean energy transition
SEforALL has appointed Francesco Starace, chief executive officer and general manager of Enel, as the chair of the administrative board.
Generation
Key recommendations from the June Africa ministerial roundtable
African Ministerial Roundtable participants stressed a number of recommendations, which will help guide and inform the IEA’s increasing efforts in Africa.
Renewable energy
SDG 7 is at the heart of COVID-19 response, says IRENA...
The global health and economic crisis set off by the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the significance of SDG 7, which targets reliable energy access.
Generation
Global efforts remain insufficient to reach SDG 7 goal by 2030
Despite accelerated progress over the past decade, the world will fall short in achieving SDG 7 by 2030 unless efforts are scaled up significantly.
Future Energy
How to contribute to achieving SDG 7, a new year’s resolution
Ed's Note: Join ESI-Africa's editor in her New Year's resolution to "keep the UNDP's SDG 7 at the heart of all I aim to achieve in 2020".
Generation
Global sustainable energy policies tripled in past decade
The World Bank’s latest report states that the number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled – from 17 to 59 – between 2010 and 2017.
Finance and Policy
Leveraging off-grid market trends to leapfrog electricity access
An estimated 90% of the population who will continue living without electricity access in 2030 are located in sub-Saharan Africa.
