Access to modern energy services is fundamental to development. It is generally agreed that nations need to supply their citizens with a basic level of access to modern energy to improve their quality of life. The Sustainable Energy for all (SE4ALL) goals of the United Nations also stipulates universal access to modern energy by 2030 as one of its targets. However, there is little agreement on how to define “modern energy access”, or analysis of what it will take to achieve it. Moreover, there is limited analysis and understanding of how achieving a universal modern energy access goal may impact the achievement of other sustainable development goals (SDGs) related to improved health, air quality, improved energy security and efficiency, among others. This presentation will focus on some of these definitional issues, and on exploring synergies and tradeoffs between a universal access goal and other sustainable development objectives and goals.
Speaker: Shonali Pachauri, Senior Research Scholar in the Energy (ENE) Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
Introduced by Francesco Bosello, Senior Research at CMCC, FEEM and Università degli Studi di Milano.
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice - Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice -
15 Sep 2014
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