Published on behalf of the International Energy Initiative, Energy for Sustainable Development is the journal for decision makers, managers, consultants, policy makers, planners and researchers in both government and non-government organizations. It publishes original research and reviews about energy in developing countries, sustainable development, energy resources, technologies, policies and interactions.Energy for Sustainable Development content is also available through HINARI, AGORA AND OARE.The board also wants to promote the publication of articles on, or that are relevant to, energy issues in developing countries and on North-South and South-South cooperation in energy technology development and application. The Board considers the publication of highly specialized work more appropriate to other professional journals. The criteria for acceptance of the papers in Energy for Sustainable Development are therefore quality of the work and its presentation and breadth of interest, irrespective of whether the paper reports research or development, theory or experiment, original work or review.

代表國際能源倡議出版的《能源促進可持續發展》是一份面向政府和非政府組織的決策者、管理人員、顧問、決策者、規劃人員和研究人員的雜志。它出版關于發展中國家能源、可持續發展、能源資源、技術、政策和相互作用的原始研究和評論。能源促進可持續發展的內容也可通過HINARI、AGORA和OARE獲得。執行局還希望促進出版關于發展中國家能源問題或與之有關的文章，以及關于能源技術發展和應用方面的南北和南南合作的文章。委員會認為出版高度專門化的作品更適合于其他專業期刊。因此，接受《能源促進可持續發展》的論文的標準是工作的質量及其表現形式和興趣的廣度，而不論該論文是報告研究或發展、理論或實驗、原創工作或審查。