Role of Energy in the Achievement of SDG Goals

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Role of Energy in the Achievement of SDG Goals
Primarily, energy is very key to the achievement of all sustainable development goals.
Basically, energy supports all economic and development activities such as manufacture,
agriculture, mobility, lighting among other developmental activities. Which are necessary for
most of SDG goals such as food, healthcare, and transport. Essentially, Sustainable and
development goals are aimed at developing modern, affordable, sustainable ways of
development which cannot be implemented without the use of energy (McCollum et.1l.2017).
Specifically, through generated renewable (electricity) education goals can be achieved.in the
sense that persons are able to use the electricity to study at night. Also, through affordable and
sustainable energy, better health care can be availed to citizens due to the working of medical
appliances that require electricity or any other energy source thus the assertion that energy plays
a critical role in the achievement of other SDG’s (Alloisio 2018).In light of the above, I think,
energy is the backbone of achieving most of SDG goals.
Mainly, energy is an enabler of the other sustainable development goals. Due to access
to affordable, efficient and sustainable energy, poverty which one of the SDG goals will be
eliminated through affordable access to electricity, clean and efficient cooling forms of energy.
Simply put, SDG7 Supports Goal 1,2,3,4, 6 among others. Also, through the use of renewable
energy such as biofuels climate change will be mitigated hence supporting better health
outcomes. Through technological advancements, bioconversion processes can be made
efficiently(Acheampong et.al 2017). By this, I mean energy infrastructural foundation affects
future and current generations. For instance, current carbon emissions have an impact on climate
changes (McCollum et.al 2018).)impressively, the energy sector has made the achievement of

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other SDG Goals viable. The fact that the impact of energy in sustainable development lasts
longer than other elements of SDG makes the role of energy crucial to the implementation of
other SDG’s
For instance, according to a Global Energy progress report,2018, 13 percent of the global
population has access to electricity,3 billion persons globally have access to clean cooking
technology and fuels plus an increased share of renewable energy globally estimated to be at
17.5 percent. This shows the enabling role of the energy sector to the achievement of other SDG
Goals on health care, education, food among other goals(Lisbbon 2018). I humbly hold the view
that energy interconnects all the SDG Goals together hence it play s a crucial role in overall
sustainability and development goals. However, the role of energy is not at all sufficient on its
own thus the need to collaborate the same with other SDG enabling factors.
Issues that might affect SDGS and connection to energy
Despite the best intention towards the implementation of SDGS, various challenges have
emerged such as governance challenges (Weforum 2015). Owing to the different governance
structures, it is unlikely that the goal will be achieved among all economies at the same time.
Worth noting is that different countries have different ways of doing things, governance,
procedures, action plans thus the difference in the implementation of sustainable development
goals(Weforum 2018). Undoubtedly, governance plays a key role in the achievement of
sustainable goals. Due to lack of political will on the part of some nations, the achievement of
SDG goals ifs a distant hope for its citizens. Also, inadequate accountability and monitoring
systems have led to the slow implementation of SDG goals in most economies(Fehling, Nelson
& Venkatapuram,2013). Unfortunately, the achievement of these goals depends on the