This report discusses the consistency of the United Nation's proposed global energy objectives with the overarching climate goal of limiting temperature increase to below 2 degrees Celsius. The report finds that achieving the three energy objectives of energy acces, renewable energy, and energy efficiency could provide an important entry point to climate protection, and that sustainability and poverty eradiciton can go hand in hand with mitigating climate risks. Using energy indicators as the sole metrics for climate action may, however, ultimately fall short of the mark: eventually, only limits on cumulative greenhouse gas emissions will lead to stringent climate protection.