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7. Affordable and clean energy

7. Affordable and clean energy

Energy is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today. Be it for jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to energy for all is essential. Ensuring access to affordable, reliable and modern energy for all has come one step closer due to recent progress in electrification, particularly in LDCs, and improvements in industrial energy efficiency. However, national priorities and policy ambitions still need to be strengthened to put the world on track to meet the energy targets for 2030.

Read our stories to learn more about SDG Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy is supported by Energy Development Corporation

Berita

Oil covers a beach in Singapore after a spill
The number of ageing, uninsured oil tankers passing through Asian waterways has mushroomed since Western sanctions were imposed on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Southeast Asian coastal areas are particularly prone to oil spills, with a cleanup costing up to US$1.6 billion, new analysis finds.
Data centre interior
Studio EB Southeast Asia's digital economy is booming. Keeping its environmental footprint in check will require innovative solutions to build, operate and decommission data centres sustainably.
Green_Technology_India
The Indian market for environmental technology is the sixth largest in the world and is expected to grow rapidly. However, limited access to clean technologies, largely controlled by developed nations, is a major barrier in this trade.
Renewables_Foreign_Ownership_Wind_Bangui_Philippines
As the country continues to court foreign investment in clean energy, experts and activists worry that ordinary Filipinos will not see the benefits.
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Opini

Workers installing power transmission line in Jakarta, Indonesia
Allowing private firms to sell clean power directly to consumers via PLN's networks could help the country meet its targets without burdening the national budget and to let the state-owned electricity utility focus on grid modernisation.
Solar power plant, Central Thailand, energy transition
How the region’s populations view decarbonisation as the energy transition occurs can inform stronger leadership and better policymaking at the elite level.
India power grid
A balance between emission and growth warrants integrated energy planning, leading to a low-cost transition pathway for sustainable growth.
Rethinking_Asean_Coal_Plant
Sizeable coal power projects are costly and heavily reliant on foreign capital, but international investors are increasingly hesitant to finance coal projects.
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Video

Jovie Montajes, founder of Light of Hope PH
After 20 years without electricity, more than 50 households in Cebu's poorest district have been provided with solar energy, financed by carbon offsets.
Vietnam, wind power story
Vietnam's wind market is thriving, but more work lies ahead if the country wants to power its booming economy without imperilling its people and the planet.
renewables race video
Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?
An e-jeepney in the Philippines. A growing movement is underway to electrify Southeast Asia's transport. Image: Eco-Business
In gridlocked, smoggy Southeast Asian cities, change is afoot to electrify transport and clear some of the world's most polluted skies. This video documents the pockets of hope for e-mobility around the most climate-vulnerable region.
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Podcasts

Clover Hogan, climate activist, speaking in 2019
Eco-anxiety is a healthy psychological response, says 24-year-old activist Clover Hogan. The founder of nonprofit Force of Nature tells the Eco-Business Podcast how to respond to anxiety in a world that is "numb" to the climate crisis.
Sea orchards developed on decommissioned oil platforms
Former petrochemicals industry executives Steve Willis and Genevieve Hilton have written a novel set 50 years into the future that has a happy ending. They tell the Eco-Business podcast that the book is a pitch to carbon-intensive industries to try workable climate solutions.
Manila, Philippines
Studio EB If a real estate development can reduce energy and water consumption – and emit fewer carbon emissions – it is built to last, Oliver Chan tells the Eco-Business podcast. The key, however, is to first educate future homeowners and businesses that going green does not mean breaking the bank.
The EB Podcast Petronas COP28
The oil and gas sector needs to cut operational emissions faster, Charlotte Wolff-Bye tells the Eco-Business podcast. But slashing fuel output won’t do for the Asian supplier, and it welcomes respectful debate at the climate summit.
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