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 Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities

GPA 1995 Nairobi Kenya K g

Global Renewable Fuels Alliance

GRFA 2009 C y

Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment

The Alliance 2017 C

Global Resource Action Center for the Environment

GRACE 1996 New York NY USA G

Global Resource Information Database

GRID 1985 Geneva Switzerland F g

Global Resource Services

GRS 1997 Tucson AZ USA G

GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY - Austrian Platform for Development and Humanitarian Aid

2008 Vienna Austria G y

Global Rights

1978 Abuja Nigeria G

Global Smart Energy Federation

GSEF 2010 Baltimore MD USA E

Global Solar Council

GSC 2015 Washington DC USA B y

Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership

GSEP 2010 E g

Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference

G-STIC 2017 S c

Global Sustainable Tourism Council

GSTC 2010 Washington DC USA B y

Global Waste Cleaning Network

GWCN 2020 Bury St Edmunds UK J y

Global Water Partnership

GWP 1996 Stockholm Sweden F

Global Water Research Coalition

GWRC 2002 Stirling SA Australia C

Global Wind Energy Council

GWEC 2005 Brussels Belgium E

Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition

GWNET 2017 Vienna Austria F

Go Green Initiative

2002 Pleasanton CA USA G

GO15

2004 Lansdale PA USA F

Good Energies Foundation

2007 Zug Switzerland J f

Green Cooling Initiative

GCI 2014 Eschborn Germany G y

Green Cross International

GCI 1993 Geneva Switzerland F

Greening of Industry Network

GIN 1991 Enschede Netherlands F t

GRET

1976 Nogent-sur-Marne France G

Group of European Municipalities with Nuclear Facilities

GMF 1993 Madrid Spain F

Group on Earth Observations

GEO 2005 Geneva Switzerland F g

Guilde européenne du raid

GER 1967 Paris France G

Hazardous Waste Europe

HWE 2011 Boulogne-Billancourt France J

HCV Network Ltd

HCV Network 2006 Oxford UK F y

Health Care Without Harm Europe

HCWH Europe 2003 Brussels Belgium E y

High Energy Physics Technology Transfer Network

HEPTech 2006 Darmstadt Germany F y

High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy

Panel 2018 Washington DC USA F y

Hostelling International

1932 London UK B

How to Change the World

2018 London UK J

Human Rights Funders Network

HRFN 1994 New York NY USA G

Hydraulique sans frontières

HSF 1990 Chambéry France G

Hydrogen Europe

2009 Brussels Belgium F t

Hydrographic Society Benelux

HSB Deinze Belgium D

IAEA Environment Laboratories

IAEA-EL 1961 Vienna Austria F g

IFLA Europe

1989 Brussels Belgium E f

Illuminating Engineering Society

IES 1906 New York NY USA G

INCE Europe

2005 Wallasey UK G

Independent Power Producers Forum

IPPF Hong Kong Hong Kong F

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

ICRIER 1981 Delhi India G

Industrial Minerals Association - Europe

IMA Europe 1993 Brussels Belgium D yt

industriAll European Trade Union

industriALL Europe 2012 Brussels Belgium D t

Industry Association for FEF and PEF Insulation

CEFEP 2012 Innsbruck Austria D t

Infrastructure Consortium for Africa

ICA 2005 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire E gy

Infrastructure Ecology Network Europe

IENE 1996 Paris France F

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