2019 THE ENERGY PROGRESS REPORTT R A C K I N G S D G 7

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A joint report of the custodian agencies

United NationsStatistics Division

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In 2015, the United Nations committed to Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) which aims to “Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” by the year 2030. SDG7 is made up of four specific targets.

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report shows that while progress has been made to expand access to electricity, deploy renewables in electricity generation and improve energy efficiency, it is uneven across regions and sectors. Access to clean cooking solutions is still lagging far behind.

AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY

1.2 840billion millionpeople without electricity access people without electricity access

2.96 2.90billion billionpeople without clean cooking people without clean cooking

5.9 5.1MJ/USD MJ/USDprimary energy intensity primary energy intensity

(2016)

16.6% 17.5%total final energy consumption

from renewablestotal final energy consumption

from renewables (2016)

2010 2017

SDG 7.1.1 UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO

ELECTRICITY

SDG 7.2 DEPLOYMENT OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY

SDG 7.3 IMPROVEMENT OF

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

SDG 7.1.2 UNIVERSAL ACCESS

TO CLEAN FUELS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR

COOKING

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83% 89%

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In the period 2015-17

electrification rate is

outpacing population

growth, but Africa still

faces a large deficit of

over 570 million.

Myanmar, Bangladesh,

and Kenya are among

the countries that made

the most progress since

2010.

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Changes in electricity access rates in top 20 access-deficit countries, 2010-2017

Percentage of national population gaining access toelectricity each year (2010-2017)

Percentage of population with access to electricity (%)

Significant progress has been made on energy access in recent years, with the number of people living without electricity dropping from 1.2 billion in 2010 to 840 million in 2017.

The global electrification rate reached 89 percent and 131 million people gained access to electricity each year on average since 2010.

However, without sustained and stepped-up efforts, 650 million will still live without access to electricity in 2030.

In 2017, about 78 percent of the world’s population without electricity lived in the top 20 access-deficit countries

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SDG 7.1.1 ELECTRIFICATION

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Access to clean cooking has increased from 57% in 2010 to 61% in 2017. To reach the target of universal access by 2030, the pace of recent progress would have to accelerate six-fold.

Huge disparities remain

between urban areas, where

83% of the population has

access to clean cooking, and

rural areas, where access is

only 34%.

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SDG 7.1.2 CLEAN COOKING

Around 3 billion people continue to cook by burning biomass, like wood and charcoal. The resulting indoor air pollution leads to approximately 4 million premature deaths each year from indoor air pollution, primarily among women and children.

3.8million

deaths each year

Access to clean cooking did not improve substantially in Sub-Saharan Africa, remained stable in Latin America, and showed only slow process in developing Asia between 2010 – 2017.

Status as of baseline year in 2010

Progress between 2010 and 2017

Projected progress up to 2030

2030 SDG7 target

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Percentage of the global population with access to clean cooking solutions (%)

Top 20 AccessDeficit Countries

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ANNUALIZED INCREASE IN ACCESSTO CLEAN FUELS AND TECHNOLOGIES

2010-2017 (PP)

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In 2016, the share of renewables in total final energy consumption increased at the fastest rate since 2012 and reached almost 17.5%. 10.2% was made of modern renewable energy (e.g. biofuels, hydropower, wind and solar), while the remainder was traditional uses of biomass, which is linked to significant negative health impacts.

The fastest progress in renewables continued to be in electricity generation, where close to a quarter came from renewables in 2016, thanks to the rapid expansion of solar PV and wind.

The use of modern renewables for heat and transport remains limited — reaching shares of 9% and 3.3% respectively. Considering that these last two end-uses represent 80% of total final energy consumption, particular efforts are needed in these to accelerate the uptake of renewables.

SDG 7.2 RENEWABLE ENERGY

Since 2010, renewable energy consumption has increased twice as fast as overall energy consumption, driven by the rapid expansion of modern renewables, while traditional uses of biomass consumption remained flat. However, progress needs to accelerate further with long-term and stable policy measures for all end-uses (electricity, heat and transport) reflecting country-specific conditions and development objectives.

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Top 3 countries in percentage of renewable energy consumed in each end-use, among top 20 energy consumers

Status as of baseline year in 2010

Progress between 2010 and 2016

Projected progress up to 2030

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ELECTRICITY MODERN RENEWABLE HEAT TRANSPORT

Brazil

Canada

Spain

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France

Mexico

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Global primary energy intensity has been falling at an accelerated annual rate of 2.3% since 2010, up from 1.3% between 1990 and 2010. However, this still lags behind the rate of improvement to 2030 targeted by SDG 7.3, which now exceeds 2.7%. It is estimated that the rate of improvement slowed down in 2017 and 2018, which would place further pressure on this target.

The average annual rate of intensity improvement since 2010 has accelerated in 16 of the 20 countries with the largest total primary energy supply. China has had the fastest rate of improvement amongst these countries, with strong improvement well above the global average also observed in United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, and India.

Compound annual growth rate

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SDG 7.3 ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Asia has seen the largest improvements in energy intensity, with rates above the global average. Between 2010 and 2016, primary energy intensity in Eastern and Southeastern Asia improved by an annual average rate of 3.4%, with a rate of 2.5% in Central and Southern Asia.

Rates of energy intensity improvement are varied across end-use sectors. Industry – the largest energy consuming sector – has made the most rapid progress, improving energy intensity by an average annual rate of 2.7% since 2010. In transport, the introduction of passenger car standards has driven efficiency improvements, although progress is slower in freight transport.

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Baseline rate of progress between 1990 and 2010

Rate of progress between 2010 and 2016

Projected rate of progress between 2017 and 2030

New targeted rate of progress between 2017 and 2030 to achieve SDG

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Tracking SDG7: The Global Energy Progress Report 2019 provides a global dashboard on progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), which sets 2030 targets for reaching universal access to electricity and clean fuels and technologies for cooking, substantially increasing the share of renewable energy in the global mix, and doubling the rate of improvement of energy efficiency.

All the data used in this pamphlet comes from the respective official source: for electrification, the World Bank; for clean fuels and technologies for cooking, the World Health Organization (WHO); for renewable energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); and for energy efficiency, the IEA and UNSD. All projections are from the IEA’s World Energy Outlook.

The report is a joint effort of the custodian agencies International Energy Agency (IEA) (2019 chair), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), which the United Nations has named responsible for collecting and reporting on global energy indicators for SDG7.

LEARN MORE

Visit our website to get the full report, find out more about the methodology, and download all the underlying data: http://trackingSDG7.esmap.org

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Funding for the report was provided by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP).

A joint report of the custodian agencies

United NationsStatistics Division