Tracking SDG7 report officially launched at HLPF 2024
Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report 2024 was officially launched on 15 July at United Nations Headquarters, at an event during the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. The event was co-hosted by UN DESA and the Co-Chairs of the Group of Friends of Sustainable Energy (Denmark, Ethiopia, Norway and Pakistan) in partnership with the five organizations that jointly produce the annual report as "custodians" of the SDG7 indicators. These are the International Energy Agency (IEA, acting as Chair for 2024), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the UN Statistics Division, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), each of which presented the trends in the data they compile. Discussions focused on how to accelerate action, including how best to reach those who still lack access to electricity and clean cooking, who are often in remote rural areas, and how to spur increased investments and finance.