"[1] Access to energy is an important pillar for the wellbeing of the people as well as for economic development and poverty alleviation.

Energy is needed for many activities, for example jobs and transport, food security, health and education.

[8] This target has two indicators:[2] A report from 2019 found that India, Bangladesh, and Kenya had made good progress with supplying more of their people with electricity.

[4]: I There are several options to tackle this problem, for example private sector financing and ensuring that rural areas get access to electricity.

[9]: 10 More investments are needed for global energy access, namely for electrification and clean cooking: A report in 2021 state that "the financing community is failing to deliver on SDG7".

[11] Custodian agencies are in charge of reporting on the following indicators:[12][13] The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) meets every year for global monitoring of the SDGs, under the auspices of the United Nations economic and Social Council.

High-level progress reports for all the SDGs are published by the United Nations Secretary General.

However, the international financial flows to developing countries to support renewable energy was 24% lower than in 2018.

The progress towards SDG 7 has not been faster due to the world entering its third year of COVID-19 along with the highest number of violent conflicts and with the Russian invasion of Ukraine creating one of the largest refugee crises to happen.

[15] There are still over 700 million people without access to electricity and about 2.4 billion cooking with harmful fuels that also are polluting the environment.

It is estimated that around 620 million people would still lack access to electricity if the world continues to move at the current pace by 2030.

For example, the Aboriginal people living in remote areas of Canada, the Inuit, etc., most of them still use expensive and inconveniently supplied diesel engines.

This is particularly true for women, who spend more of their time collecting fuel and water, and preparing meals.