Sustainable Development Goals for Energy Access and Efficiency

Running head: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
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1SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to discuss the global goals set by the United Nations for the all-inclusive
growth of the members countries over the world. There are total seventeen goals set by the UN
all for the assurance that the people overcome the poverty and difficulties due to various reasons
and lead an independent life. This essay has discussed the sustainable development growth goals
and more particularly the energy goal in the seventh section. This essay also discussed the
barriers to achieve this particular goal.

2SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
The sustainable development goals aim to take actions in the global level to overcome
different type of difficulties in the global communities such as poverty, providing protection to
the planet to ensure that all the people in this world live in peach and prosperity. There are total
17 goals that include bring changes to face global climate change, economic inequality,
sustainable consumption, innovation so that the peace and priorities can be established. All these
goals of the United States are interconnected so that tackling these issues can become easy.
These goals are mainly applicable to the member countries of the world who are funded
effectively to develop infrastructure and all the needed changes to implement transformation and
achieve the goals set by the SDGs.
In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the motto adopted was 'Transforming
Our World’. These goals are valid from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2030. These goals are
applicable for the entire world including the developed and developing countries alike. These
goals are integrated and balance all the three dimensions like economic, environmental and
social dimensions in the sustainable development (Undp.org 2018). Through the largest
consultation program, the UN tries to obtain opinion on what the goals must include. Among the
17 goals, the seventh one refers to the access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern
energy for all. With this particular goal the importance of energy is finally being recognized by
the UN. It recognizes energy to be a chief enabler for all inclusive development. The universal
access to energy is an important part of the top international priorities for sustainable growth
(Undp.org 2018). This also include increasing the share top renewable energy which will bring
improvement in the energy efficiency for the sustainable global development.
There are only three divisions in this particular goal with two subdivisions. In 7.1 the
goal refers to create condition so that all the countries get the access to modern, reliable and