public and private financing as well as appropriate policies and incentives to deploy the use of new technologies. Challenges Covid-19 pandemic In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for reliable and affordable electricity in health centers. One quarter of the health facilities in a number of surveyed developing countries are not electrified, and another quarter has unscheduled outages. Many companies also are finding that they have excess stock of some items. Storage management may require even more energy consumption. During the crisis progress has been seen in some aspect of SDG7 such as improvement in energy efficiency, use of renewable energy and increased access to electricity to people. Financial capital in third world countries for renewable energy are increasing. A study in Ontario showed that the electricity demand had declined 14% as of April 2020. This could be because the global social distancing response has caused people to rely less on energy intensive forms of transportation, instead relying on telecommunication and virtual meetings for their jobs and needs. This could make it easier to make infrastructural changes to the energy industry, while people are less reliant. During the Recession of 2008, China invested significantly in renewable energies, as economic shortcomings were highlighted. It is possible that COVID-19 could have the same effect on a worldwide scale (although the Great Recession's effect on climate change ended up being inconsequential in the fight against climate change). The COVID-19 pandemic has also vastly decreased prices of oil. While this might motivate companies to increase demand for oil, more likely, the unprofitable oil situation will cause corporations to relocate funding to renewable sources as opposed to oil. Links with other SDGs The SDGs are all interlinked. Energy (or SDG 7) is central to nearly every major challenge and opportunity the world faces today: this includes poverty eradication (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), adaptation to climate change (SDG 13), food security (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), sustainable cities (SDG 11), jobs (SDG 8) and transport (SDG 9). SDG 7 and climate mitigation (SDG 13) are closely related and complementary. The leading sources of the greenhouse gas savings that countries need to focus on in order to realize their commitments under the Paris Agreement are switching fuels to renewable energy and enhancing end-use energy efficiency. Low human development and unequal access to energy are directly related to each other. Energy