Imagine the WCED 1987 would have set only one sustainable development goal, closing the renewable energy technology gap to make renewable energy a permanent substitute of non-renewable energy as soon as possible and address pollution production head on by transitioning out of dirty economies.
Imagine 2012 RIO +20 would have made only one goal to support the implementation of green markets, to set up a system around implementation, financing, and monitoring of the closing of the renewable energy technology gap in each country as soon as possible to address pollution reduction head on by making pollution reduction a profit-making opportunity.
Imagine the 2015 Paris agreement had only one goal implemented in a socially friendly manner, to close the renewable energy technology gap as soon as possible to lead the dirty economy behind and stop providing benefits to those making money from dirty development.
Instead, attention has been placed on managing the consequences of pollution production markets which keeps renewable energy as a permanent complement and send dirty markets under permanent dirty market failure.
And this raises the question, should making renewable energy a permanent substitute be a clear and practical SDG goal?
What do you think?
Yes, making renewable energy a permanent substitute should be a clear and practical Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). It aligns with global efforts to combat climate change, ensure energy security, and promote sustainable economic growth, thereby addressing multiple SDGs such as affordable and clean energy (SDG 7), climate action (SDG 13), and sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11).
Md, thank you for writing.
I asked the question because for me if the problem is pollution production, then the solution is to transition from pollution production markets(TRADIDITIONAL MARKETS LINEAR OR CIRCULAR) to no pollution production markets(CLEAN MARKETS), which means transitioning from full non-renewable energy based economies to NO NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED ECONOMIES, a practical, easy to see goal if you WANT TO FIX the problem as your comment suggest.... BUT kyoto was not about that, WCED 1987 was not about that, UNCSD 2012 rio + 20 was not about that, the 2015 paris agreement is not about that, none of the COP processes is about that.....
Thank you for taking the time to comment
Yes, of course. In fact, it's already defined at that level. The problem is not what to do in terms of the green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of energy, the development of renewable and emission-free sources of energy, in addition to the cheapest sources of energy, energy that is an important part of the energy mix ensuring lower energy prices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This is one of many aspects relating to the Sustainable Development Goals. The problem is that part of the energy sector that generates energy from conventional energy sources based on burning fossil fuels and, against the wishes of the public, does not intend to join the green transition process. Why is this happening? Because these are large corporations that have monopolized the energy market, continue to be financially supported from the state's public finance system and use lobbying to influence the political sphere in order to maintain the current conventional status quo for as long as possible. Unfortunately, this is against the will of the public, which would prefer to have access to clean, emission-free, non-respiratory disease-generating, etc., climate- and environment-neutral and low-cost energy.
In my opinion, in connection with the rapidly progressing process of global warming and the intensifying negative effects of this process, the issue of urgently carry out a green transformation of the economy, including the green transformation of the energy sector is not only one of the most important determinants of the possibility of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, but it should also be a matter of ensuring for people the most basic human rights, because access to clean water, clean air, to the natural environment, ensuring the existence of the surrounding human biosphere, a high level of biodiversity of natural ecosystems, the possibility of the functioning of agriculture, the production of crops healthy for humans, etc. i.e. ensuring the conditions for human existence is a key issue, and in the future, for future generations of people, it will be the n1 issue for the survival of the homo sapiens species on planet Earth.
I have described this problem more extensively in my publications available on my profile of this portal Research Gate.
My warmest greetings,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Good day Dariusz, this is a very specific question, Should making renewable energy a permanent substitute be a clear and practical SDG goal ?. And your comment seems to suggest in general the the answer is yes.
If the goal was this clear and practical, then those corporations and lobbies would have a harder time to go around it, but since there is no clear goal, 17 SDGs, none of them specifically making the transition from dirty to clean economies the GENERAL PRIORITY, if that was the case then all the other 17 goals can be attached to the main goal of leaving non-renewables behind once and for all as pluses...
No clear plan to fix the n pollution problem, only pollution production patches with dwarf markets allows for pollution production to FLOURISH even more than before in front of our eyes....
I appreciate the time you took to write.
Respectfully yours;
Lucio Muñoz
Dariusz Prokopowicz
Md Mostafizur Rahman
Yes, making renewable energy a permanent substitute should be a clear and practical Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). Renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, and hydro power, are essential for addressing climate change, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting environmental sustainability. Transitioning to renewable energy can also enhance energy security, reduce dependence on fossil fuels, and create economic opportunities through green jobs. Furthermore, widespread adoption of renewable energy can improve public health by reducing air pollution and its associated health risks. Setting a specific SDG for permanent renewable energy adoption would provide a focused, actionable framework to guide global efforts towards a sustainable and resilient future.
Rohit, good day.
I see we agree, but keep in mind that closing the renewable energy techology gap is only profitable once you set up GREEN MARKETS. The reason why the adoption of renewable energy has been without clear goal is that under DWARF GREEN MARKETS a la pollution management, pollution reduction is not a good business opportunity.....Only when in green markets pollution reduction becomes a good business opportunity as green markets initially are based on non-renewable based of energy and the transition to clean economy creates a GREEN MARGIN DIFFERENCIAL that drives the transition(EM > 0 in green markets while EM = 0 in clean markets), providing corporations/countries the profit incentives to close their renewable energy technology gaps as soon as possible to avoid economy blackouts.....
If you are trained only in traditional market ways of thinking, you can not see this easily,,,,you need to go beyond traditional economic thinking to be able to appreciate how to do this type of transition, that is why I have been advancing ideas that one day will help with that transition
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