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.
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was launched in 2015 to end poverty and set the world on a path of peace, prosperity and opportunity for all on a healthy planet. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand nothing short of a transformation of the financial, economic and political systems that govern our societies today to guarantee the human rights of all.