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Now in its ninth edition, The EPR on SDG7 presents updated statistics for each of the SDG 7 indicators and offers policy insights on priorities and actions needed to accelerate progress towards achieving the 2030 targets. As highlighted by the UNSG report recently, all the SDGs are currently behind schedule at this half-way point.
Some plus points include an extra billion people getting electricity since 2010, representing 91% of the world’s population connected. Nearly 30% of global electricity now comes from renewables. And the amount of renewables coming online each year is increasing.
However, funding is available only to a small number of countries, with 19 countries receiving 80% of the commitments in 2021 and international public financial flows in support of clean energy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) declining.
A good illustration of how many threads need to pull together to get this SDG implemented.
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