The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—including 17 interconnected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets—is a global plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. SDG7 calls for action to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Here we characterize synergies and trade-offs between efforts to achieve SDG7 and delivery of the 2030 Agenda as a whole. We identify 113 targets requiring actions to change energy systems, and published evidence of relationships between 143 targets (143 synergies, 65 trade-offs) and efforts to achieve SDG7. Synergies and trade-offs exist in three key domains, where decisions about SDG7 affect humanity’s ability to: realize aspirations of greater welfare and well-being; build physical and social infrastructures for sustainable development; and achieve sustainable management of the natural environment. There is an urgent need to better organize, connect and extend this evidence, to help all actors work together to achieve sustainable development.

《 2030年可持续发展议程》包括17个相互关联的可持续发展目标（SDG）和169个具体目标，是一项关于人，地球和繁荣的全球行动计划。可持续发展目标7呼吁采取行动，确保所有人都能获得负担得起的，可靠的，可持续的和现代的能源。在这里，我们描述实现SDG7的努力与整体实现2030年议程之间的协同作用和取舍。我们确定了需要采取行动改变能源系统的113个目标，并公开了143个目标（143个协同作用，65个权衡）与实现SDG7的努力之间的关系的证据。协同和取舍存在于三个关键领域，有关SDG7的决策影响着人类的能力：实现更大的福利和福祉的愿望；建立物质和社会基础设施以促进可持续发展；并实现自然环境的可持续管理。迫切需要更好地组织，联系和扩展这一证据，以帮助所有行为体共同努力以实现可持续发展。