Clean energy, clean water, and quality education: Prospects of achieving Sustainable Development Goals ( <scp>SDGs</scp> ) in Sri Lanka

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 targets universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services by 2030. Modern or clean is perceived be the golden thread that connects economic growth, human development, environmental sustainability. However, one third of world's population still uses solid fuels for cooking, endangering health, environment. This paper, therefore, analyses demographic, socio-economic, housing characteristics affect fuel choice cooking. Further, it identifies how SDG 4 (quality education) 6 (clean water) create synergies with energy). data are obtained from four waves Sri Lankan Households Income Expenditure Survey, covering more than 79,000 households. random-effects panel multinomial logit results reveal household income, wealth, marital status education head, age spouse, size, number children, characteristics, residential sector vital in selecting Furthermore, advanced sustainability analysis shows have a strong synergistic effect on 7. Policymakers can use findings prioritise educational, water, sanitation programmes national policies aimed at enhancing cooking technologies meet