Abstract
Energy acts as the heart of the world and drives both natural and artificial mechanisms within it. Thus, it demands and causes significant impacts on our environment. Inappropriate energy use and production lead to main environmental problems, which are climate change and energy scarcity as well as a series of impacts. Hence, energy is an essential component of sustainable development. Due to this fact, the established sustainable development goals are in accordance with the energy system for holistic sustainable development actions. Therefore, this chapter reviews the energy and sustainable development. The relationship between energy and sustainable development was illustrated and discussed with the reference to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. In short, energy and sustainable development must be studied and developed simultaneously in an integrated and comprehensive way to ensure the sustainability and wellness of our world.
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Salehabadi, A., Ahmad, M.I., Ismail, N., Morad, N., Enhessari, M. (2020). Overview of Energy, Society, and Environment Towards Sustainable and Development. In: Energy, Society and the Environment. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4906-9_1
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