A Target Is A Reminder Of Ones Progress - 1386 Words

A target is something that can act as a reminder of ones progress. If a target cannot be used to monitor someones progress, then it has defeated its purpose. For the first target of goal 7,2 it is extremely difficult to measure the degree at which this can be achieved therefore resulting in the inability to monitor the progress of the country trying to achieve this target. The main difficulty in measuring this target lies in the choice of diction used to present this idea. the word â€Å"affordable† is defined as something that is reasonably priced3. This shows that the degree of how affordable something is can be very subjective. This causes a bit of confusion and inefficiency when proposed with the idea of trying to achieve this†¦show more content†¦Accessed September 20, 2015. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsproposal. 2 Ibid. 3 Dictionary.com. Accessed October 6, 2015. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/affordable. 4 Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Proposal for Sustainable Development Goals .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Accessed September 20, 2015. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgsproposal. 5 Ibid. 6 Ibid. 7 Energy Efficiency. Energy Efficiency. Accessed September 26, 2015. http://www.iea.org/topics/energyefficiency/. Page PAGE 5 of NUMPAGES 5 Target 7.a8 encourages countries to cooperate with each other in a constructive fashion and promote investment in the renewable energy sectors. Therefore, by measuring the monetary value of the investment that goes into the research and infrastructure of renewable energy, the positive externality that the target is intending to encourage can be measured. ASPECT 2 For target 7.19 data was found to be collected mostly for the developing countries and the least developing countries.10 11 This was possible by defining the terms that were found to be vague and ensure that relevant quantitative data can be found based on these definitions.12 Access was defined in terms of the availability of connectivity to the energy services and affordability was a measure of the amount of income spent on these energy services.13