Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy

Affordable & Clean Energy


Goal 7 is about ensuring access to clean and affordable energy, which is key to the development of agriculture, business, communications, education, healthcare and transportation.

The world continues to advance towards sustainable energy targets – but not fast enough. At the current pace, about 660 million people will still lack access to electricity and close to 2 billion people will still rely on polluting fuels and technologies for cooking by 2030.

Our everyday life depends on reliable and affordable energy. And yet the consumption of energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions.

From 2015 to 2021, the proportion of the global population with access to electricity has increased from 87 per cent to 91 per cent.

Ensuring universal access to affordable electricity by 2030 means investing in clean energy sources such as solar, wind and thermal. Expanding infrastructure and upgrading technology to provide clean energy in all developing countries is a crucial goal that can both encourage growth and help the environment.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

FIA Foundation

2001 London UK F fy

FIM Africa

1998 E

FIWARE Foundation

2016 Berlin Germany F f

Flow Batteries Europe

FBE 2021 Brussels Belgium D

Flow Induced Noise and Vibration Issues and Aspects

FLINOVIA J c

Fluid Power Net International

FPNI 1998 F

Focusing Resources on Effective School Health

FRESH 2000 Paris France E g

Fondation énergies pour le monde

1986 Paris France G f

Fondation Énergies pour le Monde

Fondem 1990 Paris France G

Fondation internationale du Banc d'Arguin

FIBA 1986 Arles France G f

Fondazione Mediterranea

1985 Ragusa Italy G f

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FAO 1945 Rome Italy B g

Food and Land Use Coalition

FOLU 2017 J y

Food for Life Global

FFL 1995 Wilmington DE USA E

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network

FANRPAN 1997 Pretoria South Africa E

FoodDrinkEurope

1959 Brussels Belgium E yt

Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

FCPF Washington DC USA F gy

Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible

2016 F c

Forum for European Electrical Domestic Safety

FEEDS 2001 Brussels Belgium J y

Forum international pour l'exploitation forestière

FIEF 1998 Kinshasa Congo DR G

Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories

FEHRL 1989 Brussels Belgium F

Forum of Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities/Authorities

HAPUA 1981 Jakarta Indonesia F g

Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa

FFF 1994 Johannesburg South Africa F f

Fossil Fuels Forum

Brussels Belgium E g

Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure

FFII 1998 Berlin Germany F f

Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability

FOGGS 2013 Brussels Belgium F f

Framework Agreement for the Conservation of Living Marine Resources on the High Seas of the South Pacific

Galapagos Agreement 2000 T g

Franciscans International

FI 1985 Geneva Switzerland F

Free Trade Europa

Stockholm Sweden J t

Freecycle Network

2003 Tucson AZ USA N

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

FES 1925 Bonn Germany G f

FRIEND / Hindu Kush-Himalayan

HKH-FRIEND 1996 Kathmandu Nepal K g

Friends of the Earth International

FoEI 1971 Amsterdam Netherlands F y

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking

FCH JU 2008 Brussels Belgium E

FuelsEurope

1989 Brussels Belgium D

Future Africa Forum

Nairobi Kenya F

Future of Rural Energy in Europe

FREE 2010 J

G6 Infrastructure Association

6G IA Brussels Belgium E

Gas Infrastructure Europe

GIE 2002 Brussels Belgium D t

Gas Technology Institute

GTI 1941 Des Plaines IL USA G j

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

Gavi 2000 Le Grand-Saconnex Switzerland F

GCP Europe

1949 Brussels Belgium D

GEF CSO Network

GCN 1995 Phnom Penh Cambodia F y

Generation Climate Europe

GCE Brussels Belgium E

Generation IV International Forum

GIF 2001 Boulogne-Billancourt France F gy

Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

GICHD 1998 Geneva Switzerland G

GEODE

1991 Brussels Belgium D t

GERES

1976 Aubagne France G

Global 100% RE

Bonn Germany F y

Global Alliance for Energy Productivity

2015 Washington DC USA E y

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