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bout 1.2 billion people – almost the population of India – don’t have access to electricity,


2.8 billion have to rely on wood or other biomass to cook and heat their homes, renewable energy accounts for 18% of the global energy mix and the largest energy savings and greatest expansion of renewables happened in China. These are just some of the


fi ndings of a report compiled by a team of experts from 15 agencies, led by the World Bank and supported by the World Energy Council. The Global Tracking Framework report provides the fi rst set of global data on energy access, renewable energy and energy effi ciency and identifi es countries with the most potential to make ‘high-impact’ progress on the three objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative, launched in 2011 by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. This is the fi rst of a series to monitor progress towards sustainable energy and specifi es policy measures to scale up action in order to meet the three objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative. The initiative, whose advisory board is co-chaired by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, is mobilising a global coalition of governments, private sector and civil society to achieve, by 2030, its three objectives of universal access, doubled renewables and doubled energy effi ciency improvement.


The report puts numbers to those three objectives and identifi es what needs to change where and how to do it.


“Demand continues to outpace supply of electricity. That electricity needs to be affordable and generated more and more in a sustainable way, and used more effi ciently,” said World Bank Vice President Rachel Kyte in launching the report. “To rise to this


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challenge – to meet peoples’ basic needs and to do so sustainably clearly requires a scale of effort we have never seen before.” About 80% of those without access to modern energy live in rural areas. Although 1.7 billion people gained access to electricity between 1990 and 2010, this is only slightly ahead of population growth of 1.6 billion over the same period. The pace of expansion will have to double to meet the 100% access target by 2030. To bring electricity to those one billion plus people using conventional energy sources would increase global carbon dioxide emissions by less than 1%. The report fi nds only ‘modest’ progress since 1990 on expanding access to electricity and clean household fuels, increasing the share of renewable energy and improving energy effi ciency. Dr Christoph Frei, Secretary- General of the World Energy Council, said: “The report shows that there has been progress, but it is also clear that much more will need to be done if we are to meet the UN Secretary-General’s ambitious goals. The global energy system is undergoing arguably the biggest transformation in modern history and bold policy measures will be required to enable the energy sector to deliver on this challenge. The World Energy Council is committed to play our part in achieving these goals and guiding the policy changes needed, through our leadership network and our events such as the World Energy Congress, with our Energy Dilemma policy work and our leadership in the Global Electricity Initiative”. Twenty countries in Asia and Africa account for about two-thirds of those without access to electricity and three-quarters of those who use solid fuels – wood, charcoal, animal and crop waste, and coal – to cook or heat their homes. The study calculates that renewable energy accounted


for 18% of the global energy mix in 2010 and that the improvement rate of energy effi ciency, described by a


compound annual growth rate of energy intensity (CAGR), was -1.3% between 1990 and 2010. Twenty so-called ‘high-impact’ countries identifi ed in the report as accounting for 80% of energy consumption will need to lead the way on doubling the share of renewables to 36% of the global energy mix and doubling energy effi ciency.


Decisive action is needed to achieve these goals, the report concludes, including more than doubled energy investments, as well as ‘a comprehensive package of policy measures, including fi scal, fi nancial and economic incentives, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and pricing of carbon’.


Dr Frei added, “Access to secure, clean and affordable energy is fundamental to improving the lives of people across the world. The goals of Sustainable Energy for All are important and we must seize this opportunity to make a better future”.


The report shows that China has recorded the largest energy savings and greatest expansion in renewable energy globally. India has electrifi ed an annual average of 24 million people and provided 20 million a year with access to modern cooking and heating fuels since 1990.


“In the report, we refer to high- impact countries that offer the most potential to make rapid progress towards the goals,” said Vivien Foster, Energy Sector Manager at the World Bank, who led the report team. “This report suggests that they can draw lessons from the experience of what we call fast-moving countries. Interestingly, China and India fall in both categories.”


It also calls on countries, international organisations, private sector investors and civil society to increase energy investments focused on the three objectives by at least $600 billion a year until 2030, more than doubling the current estimated $409 billion. The additional $600 billion would include $45 billion for electricity expansion, $4.4 billion on modern cooking, $394 billion in energy effi ciency and $174 billion on renewable energy.


“Access to modern energy is a prerequisite to escaping poverty. Energy access dramatically transforms life in the home, banishing cooking over open fi res and bringing light to extend the day and let children study for school,” said Simon Trace, CEO of Practice Action, a project partner. He added, “The global tracking framework report will be a vital tool in raising awareness of the importance of this issue and ensuring faster progress towards universal access”.


The Sustainable Energy for All Global Tracking Framework report is co-authored by the World Bank and its Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) and the International Energy Agency, in partnership with 13 other agencies. The World Energy Council’s formal support of the UN Secretary- General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative reached a major milestone when the report was launched at the Vienna Energy Forum, organised by UNIDO, from 28-30 May and in London on 31 May. The report’s project team intends to showcase the report in more locations around the world. More information from www.worldenergy.org


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