Hundreds of leaders and experts from governments, international organizations, business and youth groups around the world are set to gather on 24-25 September for the fourth annual EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum, organized by UN-Energy on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week and as part of Climate Week NYC.
The programme with links to join remotely will be available here on the website shortly.
At over a dozen sessions over the two days, participants will strategize how best to scale up solutions and mobilize resources and partnerships to end energy poverty and advance a just energy transition, to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 (clean and affordable energy for all) and a net-zero future. This year's Forum draws on the strategic opportunities identified by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his July address on “supercharging the clean energy age," in which he strongly reaffirmed that the transition to renewables is inevitable – and the vast benefits it will bring for people and economies.
Forum sessions will include focus on long-standing issues like clean cooking, along with emerging challenges like how to transform AI from an energy burden into an engine of energy transition. The annual progress report on the Energy Compacts will be launched, showing how governments and others are moving forward on their commitments, and sessions will look at expanding the impact of Compacts on 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy and improving data and employment for women in the energy sector.
