- With support from UN-Energy, SEforALL and Google plan to build a global 
coalition of companies, governments and others interested in fully 
decarbonizing their energy consumption, starting with the launch of the 24/7 
Carbon-free Energy Compact.

A carbon-free electricity sector is the foundation for reaching a net-zero 
global economy. Electricity generates 25% of the world's greenhouse gas 
emissions, and is key to decarbonizing other sectors of the economy, including 
buildings, transport, and industry. To achieve net-zero emissions across the 
global economy by 2050, electricity must become the core of the energy system 
and be decarbonized even faster, while expanding to meet the increasing demands 
of millions who lack adequate access to electricity today.   

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Google is building on its three-decades long commitment to sustainability for 
people and planet by aiming to operate on carbon-free energy - every hour of 
every day, at all of its data centers and office campuses around the world, by 
2030. This more ambitious commitment will be captured in an Energy Compact, an 
innovation introduced by SEforALL and backed by UN-Energy as a key outcome of 
the upcoming UN High-level Dialogue on Energy in September, The Energy Compacts 
are public and trackable commitments, with specific actions, made by 
governments, companies and others to achieve energy transition goals by 2030 – 
including universal access to affordable and clean energy.

Google and SEforALL will leverage Google's experience to build a global 
Compact  for 24/7 Carbon-free Energy (CFE). Google and SEforAll are calling on 
companies, governments and other stakeholders who commit to the principles of 
24/7 CFE to join the Compact and work together to enact the policies critical 
to fully decarbonize the world's electricity systems.     

"We are eager to work with Sustainable Energy for All and the world's 
governments and corporations to fully decarbonize grids and support a 
carbon-free economy. With this global Compact, we have a unique opportunity to 
transform energy policies, technologies, and procurement practices- but only if 
we work together." said Kate Brandt, Chief Sustainability Officer of 
Google.      

"This partnership with Google sends a powerful signal that none of us alone can 
achieve the scale necessary to tackle the double crisis of climate and energy 
poverty. The only hope we have to heal our planet and to provide opportunities 
for billions is together through partnerships like this that can pave the way 
for others to follow." said Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative 
to the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.  

Google and SEforALL recognize the need for urgent action now. This is 
punctuated by the troubling new IPCC report on climate change showing that we 
must dramatically transform our energy systems to operate on carbon-free energy 
to avoid warming the planet beyond the global target of 1.5 degrees Celsius. 
Getting there will require a rapid acceleration in the pace of clean energy 
deployment, the development of advanced carbon-free energy technologies, and 
significant policy changes. All stakeholders - from energy consumers to energy 
providers to policymakers and civil society - must work to advance the 
decarbonization of the world's electricity systems in a just and fair way. This 
is why a global coalition is needed now, more than ever.

To drive action on this urgent issue, Google and SEforALL are co-hosting a 
workshop on 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy as the Path to Net-Zero on Tuesday 24 
August at 11:00 EST, to demonstrate the concept and how energy consumers 
everywhere can support electricity decarbonization, which means that every 
kilowatt-hour of electricity demand is served by carbon-free electricity 
sources, every hour of every day, everywhere. The workshop will also provide an 
overview of Energy Compacts and show how participants can themselves create and 
commit to one. 

You can register for the virtual workshop on 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy as the 
Path to Net-Zero taking place on Tuesday 24 August at 11:00 EST here ( 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-xltNtQBiM1fyQP_1_PPNiLlmwq3iT_aii3Sz4jbvYITtdg/viewform 
).  

NOTES TO EDITORS

Contact: 

For further details on the reports or any interview requests, please contact: 
Sherry Kennedy, Sustainable Energy for All: Sherry.Kennedy@SEforALL.org / 
Media@SEforALL.org | +43 676 846 727 237

About Sustainable Energy for All
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) ( http://www.seforall.org/ ) is an 
international organization that works in partnership with the United Nations 
and leaders in government, the private sector, financial institutions, civil 
society and philanthropies to drive faster action towards the achievement of 
Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) – access to affordable, reliable, 
sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 -- in line with the Paris 
Agreement on climate. SEforALL works to ensure a clean energy transition that 
leaves no one behind and brings new opportunities for everyone to fulfill their 
potential.

SEforALL is led by Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN 
Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy. 
Follow her on Twitter @DamilolaSDG7 ( http://twitter.com/DamilolaSDG7 ). For 
more information, follow @SEforALLorg ( http://twitter.com/SEforALLorg ).


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