Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015
2015 SUMMARY REPORT
World Bank
May 2015
Key findings :: 8 pages
Summary report :: 80 pages
Full report (coming soon/pdf)

Overview
Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) is a global initiative co-chaired by the secretary-general of the United Nations and the president of the World Bank. It draws the world’s attention to three key development objectives for the energy sector by 2030 — ensuring universal access to electricity and modern cooking solutions, doubling the rate of improvement of energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy (RE) in the global energy mix. These objectives have been endorsed by the UN General Assembly, which in 2011 declared 2012 the Year of Sustainable Energy for All and in 2012 made 2014–24 the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All…

…The report explores complementary themes. It provides further analysis of the investment volumes and geographic and technological distributions needed to meet the SE4All objectives. It explores the extent to which countries around the world have access to the technology and knowledge to progress toward those objectives. And it identifies the improvements in data collection methodologies and capacity building that will be needed to provide a more nuanced and accurate picture of progress over time.

The report also introduces and explores “nexus” concepts focusing on the links between energy and four priority areas of development: water, food, human health, and gender. Links between most of these areas and energy are well established but often presented in isolation from each other. The analysis considers the existing data and indicators as well as the related gaps that might be filled for tracking aspects of SE4All’s work related to these …nexus issues.

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Press Release
New Report Finds World Progressing on Sustainable Energy Goals But Still Far From Finish Line
NEW YORK, May 18, 2015—The world is heading in the right direction to achieve universal access to sustainable energy by 2030 but must move faster, says a new report that tracks the progress of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative. The report – Progress Toward Sustainable Energy: Global Tracking Framework 2015” – finds that 1.1 billion people in the world still live without electricity and almost 3 billion still cook using polluting fuels like kerosene, wood, charcoal and dung. And, while picking up steam, renewable energy generation and energy efficiency improvements will need to accelerate dramatically, it says. The report is the second in a series that tracks the world’s progress toward SE4All’s three goals of universal energy access, doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix – all to be met by 2030.
Date: May 18, 2015