Sustainable Development Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 7.
Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 7 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.
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Berlin has developed a programme to encourage young people who are disengaging from the formal education system to enter vocational training in green and sustainable technologies.
Glasgow gives employment opportunities in the green sector to people with a low employability profile through a traineeship scheme with the city council.
Tampere supports actions to make its heritage housing more energy efficient while assisting young people to gain the technical skills needed to carry out these works.
Utrecht initiated a democratic experiment to share and broaden responsibility for creating an energy plan to help it become climate neutral by 2030.
Through REECH, Liverpool works with a range of partners, including social housing providers and local authorities, to improve the energy efficiency of social housing and SME business premises in its most deprived communities.
Edinburgh's municipal bus company, Lothian Buses, is going a long way to combat this image with ‘Auld but not Reekie’, an initiative that by the end of 2014 will see 65 hybrid buses in service and 45 buses retrofitted with low emissions exhausts.
An innovative interactive energy map lets Vilnius citizens access and compare energy performance data for every apartment block in the city, online.
Dortmund’s Masterplan for Energy Transition brings all sorts of stakeholders together to develop a vision for the city’s energy future.
The Hague is harnessing the commitment, time and skills of citizens to help achieve its goal of becoming climate neutral by 2040. Practical support and grants for cooperative action at grassroots level are turning good ideas into reality across the city.
