The UN will include “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy” in their post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDG). Matthias Ruchser explains the concepts and takes a look at what Germany needs to do in the coming years to fulfill the goal, namely turning its electricity transition into a holistic energy transition. In late September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly will adopt a new post-2015 agenda with universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A United Nations inter-governmental working group has submitted a comprehensive proposal with 17 goals and 169 targets for sustainable development. The German Development Institute recently commented on all 17 SDGs in a publication entitled The Sustainable Development Goals of the Post-2015 Agenda: Comments on the OWG and SDSN Proposals. The seventh proposed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), “ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all”, builds on the “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All“ proclaimed by the United Nations in 2012. But just what is affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy? The proposed SDG provides no answers or definitions … Continue reading Energy – the seventh Sustainable Development Goal