Clean energy for all
Overview
UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 aims to “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by 2030. But progress has stalled: around 775 million people worldwide still live without access to electricity, according to the International Energy Agency, and in 2022 this number increased for the first time since IEA began tracking this data two decades ago.
Most of the population living without electricity is concentrated in Africa and Asia. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for example, the number of people without energy access has regressed to its previous 2013 peak. The challenge is particularly acute in remote regions or small islands.
Ahead of revealing the new data analysis, the IEA warned that “There is no pathway to net-zero without first achieving universal electricity access”.
Hydropower, big or small, can support access to clean energy for all citizens on and off the electricity grid. This plenary session will explore hydropower’s crucial role alongside other renewables in advancing sustainable development, and how governments can act to enable it.
Speakers:
- Roger Gill, Outgoing President, IHA (Moderator)
- Tri Mumpuni, Board of Governors, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
- Tamojit Chatterjee, Senior Energy Policy Specialist, SE4All
- Engr Lamu Audu, CEO, Mainstream Energy
- Frederic Ribieras, CEO, GE Vernova
- Christopher Vehe, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification, Solomon Islands
Session objectives
- Outline the scale of the global challenge in providing access to clean energy for all, with a focus on rural communities and small islands in developing regions
- Highlight the potential of hydropower to support and enable Sustainable Development Goal 7
- Identify examples of positive progress in making hydropower a part of the solution
- Explore the role of small-scale and micro-grid/off-grid hydropower solutions in extending energy access to rural communities
- Identify key actions and recommendations for governments to ensure hydropower plays its best role in enabling clean energy for all
- Emphasise the Bali Statement on Powering Sustainable Growth as a key call to action for policy leaders and decision-makers
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