International Year of Sustainable Energy for All

Tracking Progress

All stakeholders must be able to assess the results of the actions and commitments being undertaken in support of achieving Sustainable Energy For All. At the same time, and more importantly, tracking progress towards the initiative's three objectives—energy access, rate of energy efficiency improvement, and share of renewables —is needed so that it is clear where the initiative stands, how much remains to be accomplished, how individual actions are contributing, and where more action is needed.

Such assessment should be carried out at two levels:

• At the global level, disparate analyses will need to be assembled and consolidated to assess the reach of energy access, the share of renewables, and the rate of improvement of energy efficiency to assess whether the world is on track to achieve the objectives of Sustainable Energy for All. The Sustainable Energy for All initiative will develop a Global Baseline Report to provide a succinct overview on the current state of progress towards the achievement of the three goals. It also aims to issue a global report to assess progress towards the three objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All annually.

• At the level of individual commitments and high-impact opportunities, they will have to establish their own milestones to keep track of their progress. Such monitoring should be also designed to inform progress tracking at the Action Area level, to assess whether sufficient progress is being made relative to the potential contribution of each Action Area.

Tacking progress will help to prompt ongoing dialogue and renew debate about the pace and scale of change. It will also provide a basis for regularly updating the Action Agenda that guides the initiative, which is very much a living and evolving document. Results of the global assessment will enable participants and other stakeholders to revisit the Action Agenda and refine and steer its priorities to address changing needs at the national and global levels, helping to ensure that the initiative remain relevant and effective from now until 2030.

With this in mind, the Secretary-General's High-level Group has requested a Baseline Report be prepared to mark the end of 2012 as the International Year of Sustain¬able Energy for All. For more information on the Baseline Report, please click here.

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