Jul 1, 2022 · The global energy system must be reinvented if we're going to address climate change, poverty, and inequality. Almost 1 in 10 people, globally, still don't have access to electricity. UNDP, through partnerships, aims to provide clean, affordable energy to at least 500 million additional people over the next four years.

Apr 8, 2021 · According to the UN: “The world is making progress towards Goal 7 [Affordable and Clean Energy], with encouraging signs that energy is becoming more sustainable and widely available. Access to electricity in poorer countries has begun to accelerate, energy efficiency continues to improve, and renewable energy is making impressive gains in the ...

Jan 18, 2021 · In simple terms, the energy trilemma is about addressing three often conflicting challenges: ensuring energy security, providing energy equity – access to affordable, clean energy – and achieving environmental sustainability.

Jan 8, 2024 · Dramatically increasing our energy efficiency alongside greening supply is entirely achievable — and it can be done rapidly and cost efficiently. This, in turn, will help to enable the world to have plentiful, affordable and clean energy to power the 21st century.

Jul 5, 2021 · Renewable energy was the cheapest source of energy in the year 2020. The cost of renewable technologies like wind and solar is falling significantly, according to a new report. Most renewable power is now being generated more cheaply than the cheapest new fossil fuel options.

Jul 26, 2023 · Realizing the targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 – affordable and clean energy for all – has reached an undeniable tipping point. The urgency to confront inequitable energy access can no longer be ignored.

Aug 31, 2023 · The technology can utilize the energy commuters generate getting to work, but it can also be used as a fun toy, while still generating valuable clean energy. At a recent tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, players competed in an interactive tennis game to generate the most electricity , which was used to help charge the tournament’s ...

Nov 21, 2018 · These are some of the findings from the International Energy Agency (IEA), a body set up in the wake of the oil crisis of the 1970s. It has 30 member countries and seven associates, and promotes energy security, economic development and environmental protection. Alternative energy production is one of the IEA’s key focus areas.

Jan 27, 2025 · Or Cameroon, where World Bank Group guarantees and financial investment leveraged over $1 billion from the private sector leading to the completion of the 420 MW Nachtigal hydroelectric power plant last year, increasing the country’s clean, affordable energy capacity by 30%.

Feb 19, 2021 · As was observed in America’s dependence on foreign entities to produce essential medical supplies at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the US' dependence on China for its supply of materials critical to manufacturing high-tech products such as EVs, cell phones, computers, solar panels, wind turbines and the F-35 fighter jet (each aircraft requires 415kg of …