SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Everyone should have access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. In addition, the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix should be significantly increased, while the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency should be doubled.

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Climate-friendly cooking

Kenya and Senegal show how states can achieve their climate targets while improving the lives of millions of people.
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Climate action that pays

Brazil’s solar industry is a billion-dollar market from which German companies can also benefit. And it all began with a GIZ pilot project.
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Green hydrogen market

Germany and Egypt have been working together in the energy sector for many years. You can find out more about how GIZ is supporting Egypt in developing its hydrogen sector here.
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Agenda 2030

Nothing less than the ‘transformation of our world’ is at the centre of the 2030 Agenda. Economic progress worldwide should be in harmony with social justice and the protection of natural resources.

Since its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Climate Agreement, has been the guiding principle of German development cooperation and the overarching framework to which GIZ aligns its work.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

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