In order to recognize those who have made particularly significant contributions to achieving all of the energy-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), almost 60 organizations, including educational and business institutions and individuals, have been selected.
These are SDGs 4 and 7, which both guarantee access to clean and cheap energy. SDG 4 provides inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes opportunities for lifelong learning for everyone.
The remaining SDGs are SDG 13 (which aims to execute the UNFCCC promise to achieve a climate-neutral world by the middle of the century in order to minimize global warming) and SDG 14 (which focuses on protecting and sustainably exploiting the oceans, seas, and marine resources).
special honours
An Energy Transition Technical Coordinator at the Ministry of Energy and Dr. Robert Sogbadji, the chief judge for the awards, announced there will also be lifetime honors and other special prizes for the most prominent SDG leaders in Africa during a press conference in Accra yesterday to announce the nominees.
The prizes will be given out in 17 categories, including the Energy Infrastructure Award, the SDG Teaching and Learning Award, the Energy Media Personality of the Year, the SDG Financial Services Award, the Green Sustainability Hospitality Facility of the Year, and the SDG Research Award.
The innovative ceremony was organized by "Think Energy Awards" and is powered by the African Global Response Energy Environment (AGREE) Limited. It also has the support of the SDG Advisory Unit of the President's Office, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ghana Gas Company.
celebrating the accomplishments, originality, and contributions of the aforementioned people and organizations to the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy access.
According to Dr. Sogbadji, the prize was given at the right moment to help all institutions identify the SDGs and inspire other institutions to do the same.
He said that the judges will decide the winners with 70% of the vote, with the public casting just 30% of the votes.
Dr. Sogbadji said that this was done to raise public awareness of the SDGs and let people know that they will still be pursued until 2030.
Awareness
Humphrey Tetteh, CEO of African Global Response Energy Environment Limited, said the recognition from the awards will help people understand the efforts being made to improve the West African region's access to clean, cheap electricity, which is one of the seven SDGs.
He added that the SDGs, particularly those relating to clean and efficient energy, will be achieved by using this event as a forum to celebrate the contributions of people and business organizations.
He stated that the goal of his organization was to raise $1 million over the course of the next three years in order to fund initiatives that would help the recipients of the awards ramp up efforts to achieve the SDGs relating to energy and, more broadly, to improve the energy sector.
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