Briefing Paper - July 2026

The Future of Energy Access in the Post2030 Sustainable Development Landscape: Framing the Dialogue

Richard Sieff , Neve Fields ,Heather Adair-Rohani, Morgan D. Bazillian , Fateh Belaïd, Ed Brown, Raihan Elahi, Vivien Foster, Francesco Fuso-Nerini, Gbaty Tiadja Gbandey, Mark Howells, Marc Jeuland, Yesmeen Khalifa, Patrick Nussbaumer, Patricia Mbogo, Dimitris Mentis, Vijay Modi, Yacob Mulugetta, Chimaobi Daniel Nna, Sheila Oparaocha, Mirjam Reiner, Benjamin Sovacool, Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Julia Tomei, Xiaoping Wang, Daniel Wetzel, Sarah Wykes
Publication cover page "The Future of Energy Access in the Post- 2030 Sustainable Development Landscape: Framing the Dialogue Briefing": Cover images clockwise from top right: Solar home systems in Rwanda (image credit: Ignite Rwanda); Use of an electric induction stove in Nepal (image credit: ISET-Nepal); Solar PV mini-grid powering a water pump for a rural village in Niger (image credit: IRENA); Doctors performing surgery in newly electrified hospitals in Sierra Leone (image credit: Powering Sierra Leone's Hospitals); BURN induction cooker manufacturing facility in Kenya (image credit: MECS).
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This briefing paper highlights the critical importance of keeping energy access, security, affordability, and sustainability central to the post-2030 international development agenda. Further, it supports the establishment of an inclusive process for taking stock of: (i) progress on achieving universal energy access since 2015; (ii) the achievements and limitations of the existing Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) framework in supporting that transition; and (iii) how developments since 2015 may create new opportunities to inform future approaches to energy access, measurement, and governance.
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