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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A programme to connect 200,000 poor households to the public electricity grid.
Bristol's innovative approach to becoming a smart city is based on people and not on technology: a Public-Private-People approach. Projects to date include smart metering, open data, smart grid and electric vehicles which build on the City's strengths in micro-electronic and digital companies.
Central facility management creates a sound database for sustainable planning of the retrofitting and extension of buildings as well as new buildings of Freiburg’s City Administration.
Munich aims to make 50-percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2030.
Situated to the north of Leipzig, the town of Delitzsch is a model city of “energy efficiency”.
In one of the world’s most rapidly growing cities, a new government-mandated program – Estidama (Arabic for “sustainable”) - aims at making all new buildings in the United Arab Emirates more environmentally responsible and sustainable.
In 2011 the Municipal Council adopted its long-term climate goal to make Linköping a carbon-neutral community by 2025.
In 2008, the City of Gwangju has initiated a program to spark voluntary carbon-saving steps by citizens. Five years later, 1.5 million Gwangju citizens were already participating or 62 percent of the city’s population.
In 2005 Hamburg decided to support the redevelopment of the Wilhelmsburg neighborhood through hosting the International Building and the International Garden Show (IBA).
