We mobilize partners to provide access to sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy to 500 million people by 2025 to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals for the world’s poorest communities.

It is unacceptable that 2.4 billion people lack access to clean cooking, and that 733 million people lack access electricity. Access to clean, reliable, affordable energy - Sustainable Development Goal 7 - unlocks opportunities for the world’s poorest and improves people's lives. It enables the achievement of many other Sustainable Development Goals, from helping to alleviate poverty by supporting businesses and supporting access to education and information, healthcare, clean water, food security to empowering women, and advancing climate action.

As part of the UN-Energy Pledge and because access to energy is a pre-condition socio-economic development, UNDP’s 2022 - 2025 Strategic Plan has put access to energy at the heart of UNDP’s mission by pledging to mobilize partners to enable 500 million additional people to have access to sustainable, affordable, reliable energy by 2025, focusing on those furthest behind. Our Pathway to 500 million people outlines how we will get there.