Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Improving The Accessibility, Quality, And Efficiency Of...

By 2030, the 7th UN Sustainable Development Goal aims to improve the accessibility, quality, and efficiency of energy. While some of the targets are clearly defined, others use ambiguous terms, making them not truly measureable. Firstly, terms used in targets 7.1, 7.2, and 7.b are not clearly defined, making them not truly measurable. Being able to provide a service universally, implies that every person worldwide should have access to the service. This is neither reasonable nor measureable. The term ‘affordable’ is not clearly defined, therefore not measurable. Affordability differs depending on economic status. With over 13% of the world’s population below the poverty line, the definition of affordable varies and therefore needs to be†¦show more content†¦It also deals with the sociopolitical sphere, which makes it inherently complex to measure. For each target, different indicators of progress and metrics for measuring these indicators vary which makes them truly immeasurable because of how inaccurate they may be. Part 2 The targets are measured globally, but not absolutely. If we were able to truly measure these targets, there would not be controversy over the data. While the UN insists that the plan for eradicating poverty is on track, other studies suggest that the rate at which poverty is declining is not as rapid as is necessary (Reddy 485). For 7.1, it was measured that there are 1.4 billion people without access to electricity as well over 2.7 billion people that depend on dangerous sources of energy in 2010 (IEA). It was also found that the methods of measuring accessibility of energy are inaccurate, but â€Å"SE4All is planning to use a multi-tier metric for measuring access to electricity (Indicators and a Monitoring Framework.)†. The metrics for evaluating the global energy mix for 7.2 are also being improved upon and improvement of global renewable energy is monitored closely (IEA). Research shows the annual target rate for improving modern renewable energy is twice as much as what our actual growth rate is (World Bank). For 7.3, the rate at which global energy efficiency is improving is increasing, but not at the ideal rate. In fact, the current $400 billion in investments per year

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