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SDG 7: Understanding the Global Energy Agenda

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A comprehensive free course covering all aspects of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 — Affordable and Clean Energy. Learn the targets, indicators, global progress, financing landscape, and what SDG 7 means for Africa and the Caribbean. No cost. Sign in to start.

This free course gives you a complete, authoritative grounding in SDG 7 — the UN’s framework goal for affordable and clean energy. From the core targets and indicators to the financing landscape and what it all means for Africa and the Caribbean, this course leaves nothing out.

What You’ll Learn

  • The three SDG 7 targets (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) and their four official indicators
  • Why SDG 7 is called the “enabling goal” — and how it links to 9 other SDGs
  • The scale of global energy poverty: 733 million without electricity, 2.4 billion without clean cooking
  • Why Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean island states are hardest hit
  • The roadmap to universal renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2030
  • How climate finance, blended finance, and multilateral banks close the investment gap
  • Policy and governance frameworks — NDCs, ECOWAS, CARICOM, and the HLPF
  • Where the world stands in 2024 and what accelerating SDG 7 requires

Level: Beginner · Duration: 3.5 hours · 7 modules · 31 lessons · Final quiz with Certificate of Completion after passing (70% or higher).

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What Will You Learn?

  • The three SDG 7 targets (7.1, 7.2, 7.3) and their four official indicators
  • Why SDG 7 is called the "enabling goal" — and how it links to 9 other SDGs
  • The scale of global energy poverty: 733 million without electricity, 2.4 billion without clean cooking
  • Why Sub-Saharan Africa and Caribbean island states are hardest hit
  • The roadmap to universal renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2030
  • How climate finance, blended finance, and multilateral banks close the investment gap
  • Policy and governance frameworks — NDCs, ECOWAS, CARICOM, and the HLPF
  • Where the world stands in 2024 and what accelerating SDG 7 requires

Course Content

MODULE 1: WHAT IS SDG 7?

  • 1.1 The SDG Framework — A Refresher
  • 1.2 SDG 7 — Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 1.3 The Indicators
  • 1.4 Why SDG 7 Is the “Enabling Goal”

MODULE 2: THE GLOBAL ENERGY ACCESS CRISIS

MODULE 3: RENEWABLE ENERGY — TARGETS 7.1 AND 7.2

MODULE 4: ENERGY EFFICIENCY — TARGET 7.3

MODULE 5: FINANCING CLEAN ENERGY

MODULE 6: POLICY, GOVERNANCE & INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

MODULE 7: PROGRESS, GAPS & THE ROAD TO 2030