Natural Resources Water and Energy
Conclusion
Achieving SDG 7 in the Arab region requires much more implementation and impact from policies than in the past. While substantial progress has been made in past decades in the areas of electrification and access to CFTs large populations are still being left behind in the Arab LDCs. Furthermore meeting SDG targets will require significantly scaled-up progress in integrating renewable energy into Arab countries’ energy mix and in decoupling regional growth from energy consumption through improved energy efficiency. SDG 7.2 and 7.3 concerning renewable energy and energy efficiency form a critical part of the region’s response to climate change. But they can do so only once policy clarity is developed into implementation momentum building new capacity investment and technology markets for sustainable energy.
SDG 7 outcomes that contribute to 2019 focus SDGs
In this annex the relationship between SDG7 energy efficiency renewable energy and improved access and the outcomes and multiple benefits they deliver to the 2019 focus SDGs is developed.
Renewable Energy
SDG 7.2 tracks progress in the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption (TFEC) towards the ultimate goal to substantially increase by 2030 the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. This chapter presents main findings for the Arab region looking both at the share of renewable energy and actual consumption dynamics in modern renewable energy use.
Energy Access
Energy access is measured as the proportion of a country’s population with access to (a) electricity and (b) clean fuels and technology for cooking (CFTs). SDG 7.1 tracks aggregate change in these two variables towards the effective goal of ensuring by 2030 universal access to affordable reliable and modern energy services. This chapter presents the main findings for the tracking period up to 2017.
Energy Efficiency
SDG 7.3 tracks progress in the rate of improvement in energy efficiency. It is measured through energy intensity as an imperfect but workable proxy indicator which is calculated as the amount of energy used per unit of GDP. SDG 7.3 targets a doubling of the world’s rate of improvement in energy intensity by 2030 implying energy intensity should fall continuously. This chapter examines progress in reductions in energy intensity in the Arab region.
Tracking SDG 7: Energy Progress Report 2019 - Arab Region
This publication is the latest and most thoroughly updated regional edition of the SDG7 regional tracking report which addresses access to sustainable and modern energy for all. This report aims to build capacity in the Arab region through access to information with the aim of strengthening proactive policy to improve energy security enhance resilience in the face of climate change and mainstream sustainable development goals into regional and national policy processes. This report tracks progress in SDG7 at the Arab regional and country levels through the three main indicators of energy access energy efficiency and renewable energy. It also traces the interlinkages between progress in SDG7 and SDG13 on climate change.
Introduction
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nations Member States in September 2015. Core to all development action are the 2030 Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that set out a common vision for how to build a peaceful and prosperous future for all through growth that supports this and coming generations. In December 2015 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement which sets out additional goals for global climate action.
Sustainable Energy and Climate Change
SDG 13 asks governments to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” including by strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries; by integrating climate-change measures into national policies strategies and planning; by improving education awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate-change mitigation and adaptation; and by implementing developed-country parties’ commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to mobilize substantial funds to support climate action across the globe leaving no one behind. This chapter explores the links between SDG 13 with progress in SDG 7 highlighting the close relationship between these two sustainable development goals and the need to better integrate them in future energy policy.
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To commemorate in 2022 the fortieth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea this publication reflects on the Convention’s successful contribution to the promotion of the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources the conservation of their living resources and the study protection and preservation of the marine environment. The publication focuses on the historical achievements of the Convention.
《联合国海洋法公约》四十载
To commemorate in 2022 the fortieth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea this publication reflects on the Convention’s successful contribution to the promotion of the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources the conservation of their living resources and the study protection and preservation of the marine environment. The publication focuses on the historical achievements of the Convention.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at 40
To commemorate in 2022 the fortieth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea this publication reflects on the Convention’s successful contribution to the promotion of the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources the conservation of their living resources and the study protection and preservation of the marine environment. The publication focuses on the historical achievements of the Convention.
Конвенции Организации Объединенных Наций по морскому праву — 40 лет
To commemorate in 2022 the fortieth anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea this publication reflects on the Convention’s successful contribution to the promotion of the peaceful uses of the seas and oceans the equitable and efficient utilization of their resources the conservation of their living resources and the study protection and preservation of the marine environment. The publication focuses on the historical achievements of the Convention.