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

International Conference on Nondestructive Evaluation in the Nuclear and Pressure Vessel Industries

S ct

International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering

CPESE 2014 S c

International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications

2012 S c

International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries

RRB S c

International Conferences on Waste Minimization and Clean Technology

Los Angeles CA USA S c

International Congress on Catalysis and Automotive Pollution Control

CAPoC S c

International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments

BWM 2004 2004 London UK T g

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

MARPOL 1973 London UK T g

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships as Modified by the Protocol of 1978

1978 London UK T g

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil

OILPOL 1954 T g

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

BUNKERS 2001 London UK T g

International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage

CLC 1969 London UK T g

International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

HNS 1996 London UK T g

International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness Response and Cooperation

OPRC 1990 London UK T g

International Convention on Salvage

1989 London UK T g

International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships

2001 London UK T g

International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties

INTERVENTION 1969 London UK T g

International Cooperative Group on Environmentally-Assisted Cracking

ICG-EAC 1978 Mills River NC USA E

International Cooperative Programme on Integrated Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Ecosystems

ICP-IM Uppsala Sweden E

International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction

CIB 1953 Ottawa ON Canada B y

International Council for Sustainable Energy

ICSE 2007 Bedford UK C

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

ICES 1902 Copenhagen Denmark C g

International Council of Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration, and Heating Manufacturers Associations

ICARHMA 1991 Arlington VA USA C

International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

ICAS 1957 Bonn Germany C

International Council of Women

ICW 1888 Paris France B

International Council on Clean Transportation

ICCT 2001 Washington DC USA C

International Council on Large Electric Systems

1921 Paris France C

International Council on Materials Education

ICME 1979 Denton TX USA F v

International Council on Surgical Plume

ICSP 2014 Clarence NY USA N

International Cultural Diversity Organization

ICDO Vienna Austria J

International Dark-Sky Association

IDA 1988 Tucson AZ USA G v

International District Energy Association

IDEA 1909 Westborough MA USA G

International Ecological Engineering Society

IEES 1993 Wädenswil Switzerland D

International Economic Association Interatomenergo

IEA Interatomenergo 1973 Moscow Russia D eg

International Electric Propulsion Conference

IEPC S c

International Electrical Research Exchange

IERE 1968 Tokyo Japan F

International Electrotechnical Commission

IEC 1906 Geneva Switzerland C

International Emergency Management Organization

IEMO 2006 Nouakchott Mauritania C g

International Emissions Trading Association

IETA 1999 Geneva Switzerland D

International Energy Agency

IEA 1974 Paris France E g

International Energy and Mines Organization

IEMO 1996 Montreuil France F

International Energy Credit Association

IECA 1923 Rockville MD USA F v

International Energy Forum

IEF Riyadh Saudi Arabia F g

International Energy Foundation

IEF 1989 Tripoli Libya F f

International Energy Workshop

IEW 1981 Milan Italy S c

International Environment, Social and Governance Association

IESGA 2021 G

International Environmental Technology Centre

IETC 1992 Osaka Japan E g

International Federation of Associations in the Field of Microwave and RF Power Engineering

MAJIC 2006 Cartagena Spain E y

International Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers, Europe

IFIEC - Europe 1988 Brussels Belgium E t

International Federation of Landscape Architects

IFLA 1948 Brussels Belgium B

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