Focus area 7. Energy
Several proposals reiterate or build upon the targets used by the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All (SE4ALL) initiative, thereby addressing issues of energy access, efficiency and renewables under a single goal. Others, however, contain specific goals on sub-issues such as energy access and sustainable energy use, something which has in some cases corresponded with more detailed targets than those proposed as part of broader goals on this focus area.
SE4ALL
| Goal | By 2030 we will deliver sustainable energy to all [28] | Interlinkages | Sustainable energy use [29] | Interlinkages | Clean energy[30] | Interlinkages |
| Targets | Universal access to modern energy services. |  
| We call for By 2030, universal access to energy, a 14% reduction of energy consumption in buildings and industry, a doubling of worldwide energy efficiency and the portion of renewable energies in the global mix, and support for the UN Secretary Generals Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. |  
| By 2030, at least 50 per cent of the worlds energy supply comes from renewable sources. | |
| Eradicate preventable deaths from cook stoves and open fires. | 
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| Double the share of renewable energy sources in the global energy mix. | | As a prerequisite, renewable energy projects with negative effects on the ecological and social conditions regionally or globally should not be supported. This includes large hydropower plants, dams, and large-scale biofuels. |    
| By 2020, energy demand is reduced through efficiency and conservation by at least 20 per cent. | |
| Double the rate of improvements in energy efficiency. | | By 2020, 100 million households are supplied with clean cooking energy, for example through support of the Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. | | By 2030, energy poverty is eliminated by providing universal access to modern energy services from renewable sources. |  |