The Thematic Discussion rooms are now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated in our consultation, we will be sharing the summaries and the key results shortly. The Networking Lounge and News Room will remain open, please check back for more updates.
You are now in the Discussion Room for Energy Access.
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The context
Achieving SDG7 – Access to affordable, reliable and sustainable clean energy, is key to achieving all the other SDGs. Providing energy access at-scale touches on every aspect of Sustainable Development, from poverty reduction, to increasing levels of health, education, gender equality and overall well-being and prosperity, while tackling the climate and environmental crisis.
The challenges at the core of energy access, electricity and clean cooking are systemic – they are within our business and economic models, they are political and entangled with history and are embedded in our education systems. Ultimately, these barriers have not allowed us to fully appreciate the everyday implications for people who must go without electricity. The lack of access is rooted in relational contexts between and within countries that are defined by an absence of enough care for others.
There are 1.1 billion people still without electricity - a basic necessity - globally and half of those people live in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is our chance to say something about it, and be heard by people who can influence the decisions our Governments are about to make on our behalf.
What are we trying to find out?
We want to know what the ambitious, innovative, catalytic/high impact, collaborative, outcome-focused, replicable-at-scale solutions and recommendations that we, as youth, want to input to the Technical Working Groups and then to present to our governments.
The questions Cross-cutting topics:
Youth action for energy access
Energy poverty
Gender and equity
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For background information, please read the official materials uploaded by the HLDE Secretariat:
Our lead moderator who will be preparing recommendations for the Technical Working Groups is Beniamin (Benji) Strzelecki, Global Focal Point, SDG7 Youth Constituency.
Rules of Engagement:
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This discussion is open to any young person between 16-30 years
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Please be respectful of each other and the moderators
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Please respond to the questions and let us know which question you are answering in your comments.
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You may post anonymously
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You may post in any language
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Hello!
Thank you to all of you who so generously offered their time to contribute to the consultation and shared your knowledge and experiences related to energy access issues. We have carefully looked at your comments and we tried to comprehensively cover your suggestions in the outcomes document. You may access it here.
We hope that you will stay involved with the sustainable energy sector and we will be sharing information with you about next possible steps soon!
All the best,
Beniamin