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

1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter

LC Prot 1996 1996 London UK T g

5 Gyres Institute

5GYRES Santa Monica CA USA G

A.SPIRE

Brussels Belgium E y

Academic Council on the United Nations System

ACUNS 1987 Washington DC USA E y

Academy of Eating Disorders

AED 1993 Reston VA USA E

ACROSS

1972 Juba South Sudan E

Additional Protocol to the Convention of 31 January 1963 Supplementary to the Paris Convention of 29 July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

1964 T g

Additional Protocol to the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy

1964 T g

AECC

1985 Brussels Belgium D t

AFREPREN/FWD

1987 Nairobi Kenya F v

Africa Civil Society for the Information Society

ACSIS 2003 Dakar Senegal D

Africa Clean Energy Group

AFRICLEG Orlando FL USA G

Africa Development Interchange Network

ADIN 1985 Douala Cameroon G

Africa Energy Forum

AEF S c

Africa Faith and Justice Network

AFJN 1983 Washington DC USA G

Africa Infrastructure Foundation

1995 Lagos Nigeria N f

Africa Ministry Resources

AMR Weltevreden Park South Africa G

Africa Solar Industry Association

AFSIA 2019 Kigali Rwanda F t

African Agency For Integrated Development

AAID 1998 Fort Portal Uganda G

African Coalition for Sustainable Energy and Access

ACSEA 2016 Nairobi Kenya J

African Commission on Nuclear Energy

AFCONE 2010 Pretoria South Africa E g

African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

1968 T g

African Energy Commission

AFREC 2008 Algiers Algeria E g

African Forum for Utility Regulators

AFUR 2002 Pretoria South Africa F

African Library and Information Associations and Institutions

AfLIA 2013 Accra Ghana D

African Marine Waste Network

AMWN 2016 Port Elizabeth South Africa G

African Population and Health Research Center

APHRC 1995 Nairobi Kenya E

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization

ARIPO 1976 Harare Zimbabwe D g

African Renewable Energy Alliance

AREA 2009 D

African Research and Resource Forum

ARRF 2002 Nairobi Kenya F

African Resources Watch

AFREWATCH 2013 Lubumbashi Congo DR G

African Sustainable Energy Association

AFSEA Johannesburg South Africa J

African Trade Insurance Agency

ATI 2000 Nairobi Kenya E gyt

African Wind Energy Association

AfriWEA 2002 Darling South Africa D

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators

ACER 2009 Ljubljana Slovenia E g

Agreed Declaration Relating to Atomic Energy

1945 T g

Agreement Concerning Cooperation in Taking Measures Against Pollution of the Sea by Oil

1971 T g

Agreement Concerning Cooperation to Ensure Compliance with the Regulations for Preventing the Pollution of the Sea by Oil

1967 T g

Agreement Concerning Cooperative Research in Reactor Science

1970 T g

Agreement Concerning the Application of the Agreement of 11 February 1977, in the Field of Gas-cooled Reactor Concepts and Technology

1977 T g

Agreement Concerning the Regulations of Lake Inari by Means of the Kaitakoski Hydro - Electric Power Station and Dam

1959 T g

Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances

Bonn Agreement 1983 London UK F gy

Agreement for the Transfer of a Training Reactor and Enriched Uranium

1970 T g

Agreement on Administrative Arrangements for the Perk Thnot - Cambodia - Power and Irrigation Development Project

1968 T g

Agreement on an International Energy Program

1974 T g

Agreement on Regional Cooperation in Combating Pollution of the South-East Pacific by Hydrocarbons or other Harmful Substances in Cases of Emergency

1981 T g

Agreement on Research Participation and Technical Exchange in the In-pile CABRI and Annular Core Pulsed Reactor Research Programs Related to Fast Reactor Safety

1978 T g

Agreement on the Exploitation and Conservation of the Maritime Resources of the South Pacific

1952 T g

Agreement on the Implementation of a European Project on Pollution, on the Topic 'Analysis of Organic Micropollutants in Water'

1971 T g

Agreement on the Implementation of a European Project on Pollution, on the Topic 'research into Physico-chemical Behaviour of Sulphur Dioxide in the Atmosphere'

1971 T g

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