Seizing themoment ofopportunitySupercharging thenew energy era ofrenewables,efficiency,and electrificationUnitedNationsAcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsThis report was written by the Climate ActionThe report also benefitted from data provided byTeam in the Executive Office of the United Nationsthe International Energy Agency (IEA)and Ember;Secretary-General.Ploy Achakulwisut served asand from review comments in various sections bythe lead author.The following United NationsCarolina Aguirre Echeverri,Amar Bhattacharya(UN)agencies and other intergovernmental(Brookings Institute),John Christensen (CONCITO),organizations provided inputs,data,and reviews:Jeffrey D.Sachs(Columbia University),Lisa E.SachsInternational Labour Organization (ILO-(Columbia University),and Trevor Sutton(ColumbiaMoustapha Kamal Gueye,Marek Harsdorff,CamilaUniversity).Pereira Rego Meireles);International MonetaryFund (IMF-staff of FADCP,RESSC,and SPRCDThe report was edited by Richard Andersondivisions);International Renewable Energyand designed by the UN Department of GlobalAgency (IRENA-Deborah Ayres,Ute Collier,NorelaCommunications,with support from the UNConstantinescu,Saied Dardour,Francis Field,RicardoCartography Unit.Gorini,Diala Hawila,Rodrigo Leme,Julian Prime,Mirjam Reiner,Anke Schoenlau);UN Trade andRecommended citation:Development(UNCTAD-Chantal Line Carpentier,Claudia Contreras,Hamed El Kadi StephaniaSupercharging the new energy era of renewables,Mageste,Tansug Ok,Amelia U.Santos Paulino);efficiency,and electrification.New York.(2025).UN Development Programme (UNDP-JenniferBaumwoll,Cassie Flynn,Chibulu Luo,Riad Meddeb,The report can be accessed online atStefano Pistolese,Mateo Salomon);UN Environmentun.org/en/climatechange/moment-opportunity-2025Programme (UNEP-Lakshmi Bhamidipati,PatrickBlake,Luciana Fontes De Meira,Minhyuk Hong,Aaree Kim,Martin Krause,Anne Olhoff,GabrielaPrata Dias,Lily Riahi,Himanshu Sharma,Marie-Blanche Ting,Sara Traerup,Vera Weick,RuthZugman Do Coutto);Organisation for EconomicCo-operation and Development(OECD-GeraldineAng,Sirini Jeudy-Hugo,Elisa Lanzi,Virginie Marchal,Deger Saygin);World Bank (David Groves);andWorld Meteorological Organization (WMO-Roberta Boscolo,Britney Shaw).