SDG7: Affordable and clean energy
Access to affordable and clean energy has improved in the last decades, yet 940 million people are still without electricity. Achieving this objective requires bold action to increase access to energy, specifically to renewable energy, to improve energy efficiency, and to promote research to clean energy.
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Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Catalytic Finance Foundation
Non-Governmental and Business Organizations
International Institute for Sustainable Development
IISD
Multilateral Environmental Agreements
UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context
EIA Convention
Experts
Dario Liguti
Dario Liguti is the Director of the Energy, Housing & Land Management Division at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Evelina Trutnevyte
Evelina Trutnevyte is an associate professor and head of the Renewable Energy Systems group at the University of Geneva and IPCC AR7 Working Group III coordinating lead author of Chapter 3 "Projected futures in the context of sustainable development and climate change".
Francesca Mingrone
Francesca Mingrone is a Geneva-based senior attorney for the Climate & Energy Program of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Lien Vandamme
Lien Vandamme is a Senior Campaigner for Climate & Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law's (CIEL) office in Geneva.
Noelia Garcia Nebra
Noelia Garcia Nebra is Head of sustainability at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Philip Gass
Philip Gass is the Director, Energy Program, Just Transitions and Canada at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Sébastien Duyck
Sébastien Duyck is a Senior Attorney in the Climate & Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the Campaign Manager for the Human Rights and Climate Change of the Climate & Energy Program.
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), effective at the end of August 2023.Events
Conference
UNECE Sustainable Energy Week 2026
28 Sep – 01 Oct 2026
Palais des Nations | Room VII, XI, XII
UNECE
Conference
Table ronde « Le nucléaire, une technologie d’avenir ? »
12 Oct 2026 | 18:30
Les Salons
INGE
Body Meeting
95th session of the Working Party on Pollution and Energy
14 – 16 Oct 2026
Palais des Nations
UNECE
Learning
Publications
Report
The Imperative of Defossilizing Our Economies
2025
Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council