Energy
Development Goals
West Africa, like many other parts of the world, is grappling with daunting energy challenges.
These include the urgent need to extend energy access and reshape energy matrices in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, which calls for rapid decarbonisation to reduce the impact of climate change.
The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations to guid social development processes also call for a shift to new energy systems, based largely on renewables.
Green Energy
Such global climate and sustainability imperatives have provided further impetus to the West African region’s own drive to establish clear-sighted long-term energy plans.
The energy landscape in West Africa has remained dynamic. Ambitious efforts have continued at both the national and regional level to further develop and harmonise policy targets and frameworks to take advantage of the region’s vast renewable potential, enhance energy access and meet fast-growing demand.
