SDG 7 — Affordable and clean energy
The global energy target for 2030 — and where nuclear fits in.
Fonte: IEA / IRENA / Banco Mundial (2023). Para cumprir o ODS 7 até 2030, a expansão de fontes de baixo carbono — incluindo nuclear — precisa acelerar.
UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 7 seeks to ensure access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.
The problem: more than 700 million people still have no access to electricity. And developing countries need economic growth — which requires energy. Many still depend on coal because it is cheap and reliable.
The energy transition must solve a paradox: deliver clean energy that is simultaneously affordable, continuous and scalable.
Nuclear fusion, if commercially viable between 2040 and 2050, would meet all those criteria: virtually inexhaustible fuel, zero operational emissions, and the ability to generate energy 24 hours a day, regardless of weather.
Source: KATOCH et al. "Fusion energy: a sustainable pathway to meeting future global energy demands". Springer, 2025.
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