Publication: Tracking Progress Toward Providing Sustainable Energy for All in East Asia and the Pacific
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2014-09-22
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To sustain momentum for the achievement of the sustainable energy for all (SE4ALL) objectives, a means of charting global progress to 2030 is needed. The World Bank and the International Energy Agency led a consortium of 15 international agencies to establish the SE4ALL global tracking framework (GTF), which provides a system for regular global reporting, based on rigorous yet practical, given available databases - technical measures. This note is based on that framework. This note uses GTF data to provide a regional and country perspective on the three SE4ALL goals in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP). The first section considers energy access. The report looks at the renewable energy and energy efficiency goals.
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“Portale, Elisa; de Wit, Joeri. 2014. Tracking Progress Toward Providing Sustainable Energy for All in East Asia and the Pacific. Live Wire, 2014/28. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20255 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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