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Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday stressed the need for honouring the pledges and commitments to investing $600 billion in clean energy. “We welcome the Global Roadmap for Accelerated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action, developed in the 2021 highlevel dialogue and over 200 Energy Compacts, including pledges of $600 billion… yet actions have to match the pledges and commitments,” he said.
The minister was addressing a high-level luncheon on “Accelerating SDG 7 Action for the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: Universal Energy Access” held at the United Nations headquarters. In September 2021, the UN General Assembly’s summit-level event on energy was held for the first time in 40 years. It closed with the presentation of 137 voluntary commitments to action, known as “Energy Compacts,” with total pledges of around…