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SDG 7 is tackling the problem of the high number of people globally who live without access to electricity or clean cooking solutions (0.8 billion [5] and 2.4 billion [6] people, respectively, in 2020). Energy is needed for many activities, for example jobs and transport, food security, health and education. [7]
For example: greater access to clean energy for cooking improves the health of women by reducing the indoor air pollution associated with burning traditional biomasses for cooking; farmers can find better prices for their crops using telecommunication networks; people have more time to pursue leisure and other activities which can increase ...
According to a report by Clean Edge: The Clean Tech Marketing Authority, the recovery act included more than $70 billion in tax credits and direct spending for programs involving clean energy and transportation. [11] The White House website stated that the recovery act provided more than $80 billion in clean energy investments: [12]
Universal access to clean cooking is an element of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, whose first target is: "By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services". [51] Progress in clean cooking would facilitate progress in other Sustainable Development goals, such as eliminating poverty , good health and ...
A number of illnesses including cancer can exacerbate the problems associated with fuel poverty. [14] An unprecedented global energy crisis and significant rise in the cost of fossil fuels in 2022 caused many governments to try to shelter consumers from higher energy prices and to accelerate the transition to clean energy technologies ...
Scott governs one of the nation’s oldest water systems in the U.S. and recently led Baltimore through a short-lived emergency involving E. coli contamination in the city’s water.
These programs would be eliminated under the new set of budget cuts. [127] If enacted, this would mean the elimination of up to 38 of the agency's programs. [125] Programs to be eliminated included the radon program, grants to clean up industrial sites ("brownfields"), climate change research, and the Office of Environmental Justice. [128]
The problem is closely related to energy poverty and cooking. Smoke from traditional household solid fuel combustion commonly contains a range of incomplete combustion products , including both fine and coarse particulate matter (e.g., PM 2.5 , PM 10 ), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and a variety of ...