IRP and sustainable development

IRP believes that energy is a critical component for sustainable human development. Yet to achieve sustainability, three main components must be considered: economy, environment, and social.

Worldwide, an estimated 2 billion people continue to lack access to modern energy services. Though we know that energy is absolutely essential for development, little international attention has been devoted to this important relation.

IRP is firmly convinced that energy is not a sectoral issue, but intrinsically related to numerous dimensions of development. Energy's critical linkages to poverty and development include gender disparity, population growth, and food security. Its connection to the environment includes health impacts, acidification, and climate change and land degradation. A more tangible linkage to the economy includes investment, foreign exchange and trade impacts. And its ties to security concerns entail national access to energy supplies and nuclear proliferation.