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

Global Alliance for Energy Productivity

2015 Washington DC USA E y

Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace

GAMIP Delta BC Canada C v

Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People

2011 C y

Global Alliance of Social Enterprises in Travel & Tourism

GASET 2021 Bangkok Thailand J

Global Battery Alliance

GBA 2017 Cologny Switzerland C y

Global Bioenergy Partnership

GBEP 2005 Rome Italy E g

Global Biomass Network Project

Grand Forks ND USA F

Global Biotechnology Transfer Foundation

GBTF Leeds UK J

Global BrightLight Foundation

Naples FL USA G f

Global Cabin Air Quality Executive

GCAQE 2006 London UK C

Global CCS Institute

2009 Melbourne VIC Australia C j

Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance

GCWDA 2015 C

Global Climate Action Partnership

2011 Golden CO USA F y

Global Climate and Health Alliance

GCHA 2011 Berkeley CA USA C y

Global Commons Institute, London

1991 London UK G j

Global Community Monitor

GCM 2001 El Cerrito CA USA G

Global Coral Reef Alliance

GCRA 1990 Cambridge MA USA N

Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

GCoM 2016 Brussels Belgium F

Global Development Research Centre

GDRC 2000 Kobe Japan G

Global Diaspora Confederation

GDC 2020 F

Global Economist Forum

GEF 1904 Dhaka Bangladesh F

Global Energy Balance Network

GEBN Columbia SC USA J

Global Energy Initiative

New York NY USA F

Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization

GEIDCO 2016 Beijing China C

Global Energy Network Institute

GENI 1986 San Diego CA USA N j

Global Energy Storage Alliance

GESA 2014 Berkeley CA USA C y

Global Engineering Deans Council

GEDC 2008 Fairfax VA USA E

Global Environment and Natural Resources Institute

GENRI 2013 Fairfax VA USA G j

Global Fellowship of Christian Youth

Global Fellowship 1963 Hemel Hempstead UK F

Global Forum on Sustainable Energy

GFSE 1999 Vienna Austria G

Global Fuel Economy Initiative

GFEI London UK E

Global HearthWorks Foundation

2013 Cambridge MA USA G f

Global Hope Mobilization

GLOHOMO Lilongwe Malawi G

Global Information Infrastructure Commission

GIIC 1995 Washington DC USA G

Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety

GIAIS 2004 F

Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation

GIB Foundation 2008 Basel Switzerland F f

Global Infrastructure Connectivity Alliance

GICA 2016 Singapore Singapore E y

Global Infrastructure Hub

GI Hub 2014 Sydney NSW Australia E

Global Lighting Association

2007 Ipswich QLD Australia F y

Global LPG Partnership

GLPGP 2012 New York NY USA F y

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

1992 Brunswick ME USA G

Global Network for Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production

RECPnet 2010 Vienna Austria F y

Global Network for Sustainable Housing

GNSH 2011 Nairobi Kenya E

Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models

GO-P2P 2019 London UK F v

Global Off-Grid Lighting Association

GOGLA 2012 Amsterdam Netherlands E y

Global Parks

G

Global Parliament of Mayors

GPM 2016 The Hague Netherlands F v

Global Partnership for Oceans

GPO 2012 B y

Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches

GPRBA 2003 Washington DC USA E gy

Global Power and Propulsion Society

GPPS 2016 Zug Switzerland C

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