Launch of “RISE 2022 – Building Resilience”
1 December – Two years of pandemic have highlighted the vulnerability and isolation of populations without electricity and have prompted countries to increase their focus on energy access and affordability, finds a new World Bank report on energy policies and regulations. The 2022 edition of the RISE (Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy) report shows that many countries have embedded new policies to improve their energy independence and minimize energy costs in their COVID-19 recovery plans. RISE is a tool for policymakers to compare national policy frameworks for sustainable energy and identify opportunities to attract investment. RISE assesses countries’ policy support for each of the three pillars of sustainable energy – access to electricity, access to clean cooking (for 54 access-deficit countries), energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
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UN-Energy at Climate COP27
UN-Energy member organizations are hosting and engaging in many discussions and events at the UN Climate Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 7-18 November. See a list of UN-Energy events here.
An official COP27 side event on “Implementing the UN-Energy Plan of Action to catalyse the Global Roadmap for Accelerated SDG7 Action” is taking place on Saturday, 12 November, from 1:15 to 2:45 Egypt time, in Khufu Hall. The event can be watched online at https://www.youtube.com/c/unfcccint
Energy is key to sustainable development and achieving net zero emissions. The UN Secretary-General’s Global Roadmap for Accelerated SDG7 Action charts a clear way forward in this regard. UN-Energy is stepping up its efforts to catalyse progress in implementing the Roadmap, including through the activities identified in the UN-Energy Plan of Action Towards 2025. Milestone targets for 2025 include a 100% increase in modern renewables capacity globally, and a doubling of annual investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as 500 million more people gaining access to electricity and 1 billion more people gaining access to clean cooking solutions. The COP27 side event will look at the UN system’s collective efforts on SDG7 in support of the SDGs and net zero emissions.
One year after the UN High-level Dialogue on Energy brought together leaders from around the world to focus on ways to accelerate energy access and the energy transition, leaders from the UN, national governments, and civil society gathered for the EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum to discuss challenges and opportunities during the past year and to take stock of progress on the over 185 voluntary Energy Compact commitments, worth over USD 600 billion, that were announced during the Dialogue in September 2021.
The EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum, organized by UN-Energy, took place on 23 September 2022 on the sidelines of the opening of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) with the aim of catalyzing the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 (affordable and clean energy) by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2050.
Watch the Recording on UN WebTV. (Please fast forward the recording to 21:00 for the start of the Action Forum)
For updates, please follow @UN_Energy on Twitter. For more information and queries, please reach out to the UN-Energy Secretariat at UN DESA (at: salame1@un.org).
Programme (As of 23 September 2022)
Energy Compacts Annual Progress Report
GLOBAL LAUNCH Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2022 & SDG7 Policy Briefs 2022
1 June 2022 – A launch event was hold at UN Headquarters in New York to present the critically important findings of Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2022, as well as the SDG7 Policy Briefs on interlinkages of energy with other SDGs.
The event presentations gave a comprehensive look at where we stand based on the latest energy data available, against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and the triple crisis of food, energy and finance generated by the war in Ukraine. The launch was co-hosted by the Co-Chairs of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Energy (Denmark, Ethiopia, Norway, Pakistan) as an input to the High-level Political Forum coming up in July, as well as a moment to take stock on the road to implementing the Global Roadmap for Accelerated SDG7 Action coming out of the 2021 High-level Dialogue on Energy.
Transforming Commitments into Action: Delivering on the outcomes of the High-level Dialogue on Energy
4 May 2022 -Building on the momentum from the 2021 High-level Dialogue on Energy, the UN took a major step to catalyse the large-scale action and support needed for the transition to clean, affordable energy for all and net-zero emissions by launching two major initiatives that aim to deliver on the commitments outlined in the Global Roadmap for Accelerated SDG 7 Action.
At the launch event, some thirty leading organizations comprising “UN-Energy” put forward a Plan of Action Towards 2025 for how they will help mobilize the much-needed transformational and inclusive energy transition. An Energy Compact Action Network was also established to match those governments seeking support for their clean energy goals with those governments and businesses that have pledged over $600 billion to support these commitments, through their Energy Compact commitments made in connection with the Dialogue.
UN Secretary-General issues roadmap for clean energy for all by 2030
A global roadmap setting out milestones needed to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050, was issued on 3 November by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as an outcome of the High-level Dialogue.
Proposed global roadmap shows how universal access to sustainable energy can be achieved by 2030, transforming the lives of millions
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