Sustainable Development and its Impact on Energy

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Introduction
Sustainable development refers to the principle of organization that is used in meeting goals of
human development while at the same time ensuring sustenance of the natural ecosystems ability
to provide ecosystem services and other natural resources. It is upon these services that the
society and the economy success depend on. It is the desire of each and every society to have all
the needs of human met without interference with the stability and integrity of the natural
systems(Grubler et al.2018). Sustainable development, therefore, comes out as one of those
initiatives that meet the needs of the current state without posing threat to the success of future
generations. It is along these principles that Sustainable Development Goals commonly refer to
as SDG were established. SDG initiative has identified energy supply to be the prime mover in is
parameters and dimensions of operations.
The sustainable Development Goal program is structured in a manner that allows
for the identification of the problems that are being experienced worldwide. In its structure of
operations, the use of energy has taken the focal point of all the activities. According to the goals
set by the SDG, the program aimed at eradicating poverty for all the people everywhere. It has
been discovered through research that the majority of the poor people live on less than $1.25 per
day(Kyriakopoulos et al.2016). The program, therefore, seeks to reduce by half the number of
men, children, and women of all ages living in poverty as per the dimensions of the national
standards. The program will, therefore, ensure that they have an equal right to the economic
resources, ownership, and control of the land access to the basic services, control over natural
resources, and access to financial services with microfinance included:

In order to effectively achieve the goal of eliminating extreme poverty, energy will play a major
role in ensuring commercialization and production of efficient cook stoves to support the
vulnerable families. Also rise of the renewable energy sources like the use of the PV solar panels
and installations of the Pico PV lamps will lead to the job creation that will act as the source of
income to both men and women. The families will, therefore, save time and money as a result of
the reduced fuel demand for lighting and cooking. The access to the services of the energy is
actually a prerequisite for any development in terms of the economic vibrancy since it makes the
activities of an entrepreneur to go beyond the daylight hours (Osborn, Cutter and Ullah 2015).
The SDG program is determined to achieve food security, end hunger, promote
sustainable agriculture and improve nutrition by 2030. The program seeks to end hunger and
ensures that all the poor people including those living in vulnerable conditions like infants get
access to the nutritious safe and sustainable food supply. In the same manner, it seeks to double
the agricultural productivity and the income of the food producers like the family farmers,
pastoralists and indigenous people by ensuring equal and secure access to productive resources
like land, on-farm employment and market opportunities for value addition (Rasul 2016). This
will go along with ensuring sustainable systems of food production as well as the implementation
of the resilient practices of agriculture that will assist in the maintenance of the ecosystem,
strengthen the ability to cope up with the changes of the climate like flooding, drought and other
kind s of the extreme weather (Rasul 2016).
In light of the above goals, it is important to acknowledge that over 95% of the food that is being
used is usually cooked before their consumption. The supply of enough cooking fuels to setting
ups like refugee camps to be used by people in cooking food are of high relevance. The
improved access to effective technologies as well as fuels will make the preparation of food