Energy
Where does this issue fit into the Sustainable Development Goals?
Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Sustainable energy is opportunity – it transforms lives, economies and the planet.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is leading a Sustainable Energy for All initiative to ensure universal access to modern energy services, improve efficiency and increase use of renewable sources.
Facts & Figures
- One in five people still lacks access to modern electricity
- 3 billion people rely on wood, coal, charcoal or animal waste for cooking and heating
- Energy is the dominant contributor to climate change, accounting for around 60 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions
- Reducing the carbon intensity of energy is a key objective in long-term climate goals.
Find our more about this Sustainable Development Goal.
To supply a number of households in remote villages in the Andes with solar lamps and solar panels (that charge effectively with cloud cover).
USD 1,005
Raised from 504 people
To supply solar lamps to a number of remote villages in the Peruvian Andes, so these households can continue usual household activities (such as cooking and homework) once the sun has set.
USD 2,704
Raised from 1,175 people
PEAK aims to bring affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible solar/LED home lighting systems to the village of Jatoli and the hamlets of Dhoor & Libhurghur who are without access to electricity.
AUD 12,929
Raised from 5,670 people
Provide affordable, safe, healthy, efficient and environmentally responsible solar/LED home lighting systems to the 58 homes in Khati who are without access to electricity.
AUD 7,801
Raised from 3,050 people