Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneOne-third of countries worldwide had advanced policy frameworks for renewable energy, putting them in the report’s 'green zone'Bangladesh made higher progress in adopting policies on sustainable energy, among other countries facing electricity access deficits, said a World Bank report. Called Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy or RISE 2020, the report particularly mentioned Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania for best progress in the sustainable energy sector from 2017 to 2019. However, overall globally policy progress was slower than in the past years, especially in renewable energy and energy efficiency, it said. The report charting global progress on energy policies measured progress in 138 countries on renewable energy, energy efficiency, electricity access, and access to clean cooking – the four target areas of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7), which calls for achieving access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. They either established a comprehensive legal framework for renewable energy or begun to do so.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 14, 2020 16:52 UTC