FOREWORD
1 The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?001
1.1 Major Challenges Facing Sustainable Human Development?002
1.1.1 Sustainable Economic Development?002
1.1.2 Sustainable Social Development?004
1.1.3 Sustainable Environmental Development?007
1.2 The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?012
1.2.1 The History of Sustainable Development?013
1.2.2 Proposals of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?014
1.2.3 The 2030 Agenda: Progress and Reflection?017
References?026
2 Global Energy Interconnection?027
2.1 Energys Overall Effect on Sustainable Development?029
2.1.1 Energy and Economic Sustainable Development?029
2.1.2 Energy and Social Sustainable Development?030
2.1.3 Energy and Environmental Sustainable Development?031
2.2 Accelerating the Energy Transition for Sustainable Development?033
2.3 GEI Accelerates the Global Energy Transition?035
2.3.1 Clean Energy?037
2.3.2 UHV Grid?039
2.3.3 Smart Grid?042
2.3.4 Energy System Reform via GEI?043
2.4 Conditions for Global Energy Interconnection?044
2.4.1 Technological Feasibility?044
2.4.2 Economic Competitiveness?048
2.4.3 Political Consensus?049
2.5 The Road Ahead for Global Energy Interconnection?051
References?058
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3 GEI Alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?059
3.1 Global Poverty Relief?066
3.2 Food Security?069
3.3 Good Health and Well-being?071
3.4 Fair and Inclusive Quality Education?073
3.5 Gender Equality?076
3.6 Clean Water and Sanitation?078
3.7 Sustainable Energy for All?081
3.8 New Drivers of Economic Growth?083
3.9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure?085
3.10 Reducing National and Regional Inequalities?090
3.11 Clean, Low-carbon Smart Cities?093
3.12 Sustainable Consumption and Production?096
3.13 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation?099
3.14 Protecting Marine Ecology?101
3.15 Protecting Terrestrial Ecosystems?102
3.16 World Peace and Harmony?105
3.17 Global Cooperation?106
References?109
4 GEI Action on the 2030 Agenda?111
4.1 GEI Research and Practice?112
4.2 Practices and Achievements of Energy Interconnection in China?123
4.2.1 Practices of Chinas Energy Interconnection?123
4.2.2 Thoughts and Outlook on China Energy Interconnection?131
4.2.3 China Energy Interconnection Effectively Will Boost Sustainable
Economic and Social Development?135
4.3 Ten Actions for GEI to Implement the 2030 Agenda?138
4.3.1 Concept Promotion?139
4.3.2 Clean Development?140
4.3.3 Power Grid Interconnection?147
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4.3.4 Universal Electricity Access?161
4.3.5 Electricity Replacement?163
4.3.6 Smart Grid?166
4.3.7 Energy Efficiency Enhancement?168
4.3.8 Driving Innovation?171
4.3.9 Capacity Building?174
4.3.10 Policy Support?174
References?176
5 Mechanisms of GEI Cooperation?177
5.1 Major Mechanisms for International Energy Cooperation?178
5.2 Mechanisms of GEI Cooperation?182
5.2.1 Global Energy Planning?183
5.2.2 Transnational Project Construction?183
5.2.3 Integrated Electricity-Carbon Trade?185
5.2.4 Power Interconnection Coordination?187
5.2.5 Energy Development Assistance?189
5.2.6 Collaboration in Technical Standards?190
References?192
6 GEI and Sustainable Human Development?193
6.1 Sustainable Energy Development Realized?194
6.2 Sustainable Economic Development Realized?196
6.3 Sustainable Social Development Realized?198
6.4 Sustainable Environmental Development Realized?200
References?202