EU development cooperation in support of access to energy in developing countries

AdoptedReference A9-0441/2023Committee DEVEEnergy Foreign affairs

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The European Parliament adopted by 366 votes to 41, with 220 abstentions, a resolution on EU development cooperation to promote access to energy in developing countries.Energy is at the heart of all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the conclusions of the 2023 report on the Sustainable Development Goals show that the world is still not on track to achieve universal access to energy.Parliament recalled that access to universal, affordable and sustainable energy is a basic human right and a precondition for achieving the SDGs and attaining the objective of leaving no one behind. It called for the EU to foster access to renewable energy in developing countries through policy, regulatory and administrative support , including…