- Date
- 7th July 2026
- Categories
- Launch
The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) and Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programmes, in collaboration with multiple high level partners, have published a new briefing, “The Future of Energy Access in the Post-2030 Sustainable Development Landscape: Framing the Dialogue” which is being launched this week at the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in New York (July 7–15) to support deliberations.
The briefing highlights the critical importance of keeping energy access, security, affordability, and sustainability central to the post-2030 international development agenda. It emphasises the establishment of an inclusive process to review progress on Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) and shape a strengthened global energy framework beyond 2030.
Drawing on advances since 2015, including in data, monitoring, analytical tools, and understanding of energy access outcomes, as well as evolving political, institutional, and energy contexts, the briefing explores new opportunities to inform future approaches to energy access, measurement, and its governance.
While universal household energy access remains a central concern, energy also underpins broader development outcomes, including economic transformation, industrial development, service delivery, food systems, digitalisation, and energy security. The briefing therefore suggests future discussions consider both household-level experiences of energy poverty and economy-wide functions of energy systems, as well as the differentiated challenges, priorities, and perspective across countries, regions and population groups.
The briefing synthesizes consultations with a broad range of stakeholders and evidence to inform an inclusive process for shaping energy post-2030, which is responsive to the lived experiences of energy-poor populations and pays particular attention to perspectives from the Global South.