Even as the MDGs only carry two energy-specific performance indicators (No. 27 GDP per unit of energy use and No. 28 carbon dioxide emissions per capita), energy is critical to the achievement of all the goals.
-
Energy is essential to sustain growth and reduce poverty (MDG 1).
-
The availability of energy to schools is fundamental to increasing universal primary education (MDGs 2 and 3).
-
Indoor air pollution is a major cause of acute respiratory diseases which are estimated to cause 20 percent of infant mortality every year in the developing world. Maternal health is also deeply influenced by respiratory diseases. Therefore, reducing smoke from indoor cooking is relevant to MDG 4 (reducing infant mortality) and MDG 5 (improving maternal health).
-
The availability of energy services to basic medical facilities, particularly in rural clinics, is important for combating the incidence of disease including malaria and HIV/AIDS (MDG 6).
-
The use of fossil fuels and biomass as energy resources is a serious threat to the global environmental (MDG 7). The supply of safe, treated water (MDG 7) always hinges on energy intensive water supply systems (mainly using electricity).
The countries of the EAP region have made great progress towards achieving the MDG’s by 2015. Energy policy remains critical to the region’s sustained progress towards these goals.
 Â Topic Brief: Energy and Mining in East Asia and Pacific
|
RSS