The Inclusive Green Energy index of progress

Carmen Herrero (), Jose' Pineda (), Antonio Villar and Eduardo Zambrano
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Carmen Herrero: Department of Economics, Universidad de Alicante,
Jose' Pineda: Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

No 2003, Working Papers from California Polytechnic State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper presents the Inclusive Green Energy (IGE) index to evaluate the progress in achieving the key dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goal 7, which entails ensuring "access to affordable, sustainable and modern energy for all." The key aspects of this index are: (i) it focuses on the change of the corresponding variables, rather than on their levels; (ii) it exhibits a decomposability feature that permits integrating several dimensions in a simple way, allowing for the inclusion of "goods" and "bads"; and (iii) the evaluation of progress is made relative to some reference values (targets and thresholds) that can differ between countries. We calculate the Inclusive Green Energy index of progress for 183 countries using data from 2000 to 2014 on three indicators intended to capture inclusiveness, greenness, and efficiency regarding energy use. The results show that progress has, on average, been positive across the world, with more than 88 per cent of the sample of countries experiencing some degree of progress. However, progress is smaller for the Middle East and North African and Sub-Saharan African countries and it is negative for most of the countries that exhibit low levels of human development, as measured by the Human Development Index. Furthermore, fewer than one in four of the countries in the sample have an IGE commensurate with having met their respective country-level targets. This suggests that much remains to be done by almost all countries worldwide with regard to being on track towards meeting their Sustainable Development Goal 7 by 2030.

Keywords: Green economy; energy; sustainable development; composite index; targets; thresholds; policy making; measurement; progress (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47 pages
Date: 2020
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