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© 2019 The Author. This is an Open Access book chapter distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which permits copying and redistribution for non-commercial purposes with no derivatives, provided the original work is properly cited (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). This does not affect the rights licensed or assigned from any third party in this book. The chapter is from the book Clean Water Using Solar and Wind: Outside the Power Grid, Gustaf Olsson (Author). doi: 10.2166/9781780409443_0019 Chapter 2 Towards sustainability goals “A little less conversation, a little more action” Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway. “Can we afford Civilisation?” Mark Twain 1835–1910. The true impact of renewable energy is greater than the sum of the energy services it can provide. Renewable energy can solve many of the negative environmental, health, social and political impacts associated with conventional forms of energy. The United Nations has presented 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to transform our world. Two of these (SDG6 and SDG7) are directly related to our topic: clean water and sanitation for all, and affordable clean energy for all. The water and energy goals influence virtually all the Sustainable Development Goals that the global community has defined. Access to clean water and clean energy is closely coupled to the development of human health and well-being, environmental health and security. Downloaded from https://iwaponline.com/ebooks/book-pdf/520710/wio9781780409443.pdf by IWA Publishing user