Energy Compacts: Scaling up ambition to deliver on SDG7 (SDG Action Weekend, Acceleration Day, High Impact Initiatives)

Leading & Collaborating Agencies:

• UN Energy
• Sustainable Energy for All
• UN-Energy members and partners

Achieving universal access to clean and affordable energy (SDG7) will be a game changer for both people and the planet – today, 675 million people remain without access to electricity, while 2.3 billion are without access to clean cooking. Advancing SDG7 will have a ripple effect across all of the SDGs but will require dramatically scaled up action and investment. The Energy Compacts Initiative focuses on the critical need for financing just, inclusive and equitable energy transitions, in alignment with the Secretary-General’s Acceleration Agenda. 

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To maximize the SDG Summit’s impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.

The SDG Action Weekend will consist of the SDG Mobilization Day on Saturday, 16 September, and the SDG Acceleration Day on Sunday, 17 September at UNHQ in New York.

• The SDG Mobilization Day (16 September) will create an opportunity for stakeholders from all sectors to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and mobilize towards an ambitious SDG Summit and UN General Assembly High-Level Week.
• The SDG Acceleration Day (17 September 2023) will propel stakeholders from ambition to action by highlighting how the High Impact Initiatives, multigenerational campaigns such as Generation Equality, and cross-SDG impact catalysers such as SDG Digital can accelerate collective achievement.

The SDG Summit on 18-19 September will mark the mid point of the SDGs. It must secure the breakthroughs and momentum needed to change course and achieve the SDGs by 2030. To maximize the Summit’s impact, the Secretary General is convening an SDG Action Weekend, which will generate opportunities for stakeholders, UN entities, and Member States to convene inside the United Nations Headquarters and set out specific commitments and contributions to drive SDG transformation between now and 2030.