Sustainable Development Goal 7
Affordable and Clean Energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
Goal 7 addresses universal access to modern energy services, renewable energy, energy efficiency, international cooperation on clean-energy research and technology, and energy infrastructure in developing countries.
Target-area diagram
What Goal 7 covers
This N4SF explanatory diagram groups the main policy areas addressed by the official United Nations targets for this goal.
Official United Nations targets
Goal 7 target list
The wording below is sourced from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs goal page.
By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services
By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency
By 2030, enhance international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology, and promote investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology
By 2030, expand infrastructure and upgrade technology for supplying modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries, in accordance with their respective programmes of support