G20 Energy Access Action Plan: Voluntary Collaboration on Energy Access

The G20 Energy Access Action Plan is a multi-phase voluntary collaboration framework designed to strengthen G20 member cooperation on energy access. The first phase specifically targets improving electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa through six strategic pillars: policy and regulatory environments, technology deployment, investment and finance, capacity building, regional integration, and coordination. The plan emphasizes sharing knowledge and good practices while respecting the sovereign right of nations to determine their own energy mix.

• The first phase of the Action Plan focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, where approximately 620 million people (two-thirds of the population) lack electricity access.
• The Global Tracking Framework estimates that an additional $36 billion in annual investment is required to achieve universal electrification by 2030.
• The Action Plan identifies six key areas for G20 collaboration to support energy access: policy and regulatory environment; technology development, dissemination, and deployment; investment and finance; capacity building; regional integration; and coordination and collaboration.
• The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative's Global Facilitation Team is tasked with supporting the Action Plan and providing regular input to the G20 Energy Sustainability Working Group (ESWG).
• The Geothermal Risk Mitigation Facility (GRMF), established in 2012, provides grants to mitigate risks in geothermal exploration in East Africa, covering up to 80% of surface study costs and 40% of drilling costs.
• The 'Light for All' program in Brazil provided electricity access to 3.2 million households (15.5 million people) as of May 2015, with total investments reaching R$ 22.7 billion (US$ 7.3 billion).
• China's National Energy Administration launched a 3-year Action Plan starting in 2013 with a 24.7 billion RMB investment to eliminate populations without electricity, aiming for full access by the end of 2015.
• South Africa's Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) increased electrification from 34% of the population in 1994 to 86% of formal housing in 2015, though a backlog of approximately 3 million households without metered supply remains.
• The Lighting Africa initiative, a joint IFC and World Bank program, has enabled over 35 million people in Africa to access clean lighting and aims to reach an additional 250 million by 2030.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (n.d.). G20 Energy Access Action Plan: Voluntary Collaboration on Energy Access. http://www.seforall.org/sites/default/files/l/2015/10/G20-Energy-Access-Action-Plan.pdf

Chicago

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforallndg20, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{G20 Energy Access Action Plan: Voluntary Collaboration on Energy Access}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, url = {http://www.seforall.org/sites/default/files/l/2015/10/G20-Energy-Access-Action-Plan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }