A year of energy and opportunity

2025 delivered plenty of challenges: Devastating rollbacks on international aid, a cascade of extreme weather events and geopolitical shocks that strained progress on climate and clean energy. It was a year that tested our resolve. 


But there were also real reasons for optimisim. Global renewable energy production surpassed coal for the first time. The rate of fossil fuel emissions growth slowed, as solar continued to be the fastest growing source of new power worldwide. Battery storage expanded as costs declined.

Thanks to the work of our Alliance, more than 90 million people are now on track to get clean energy. In addition, 3.1 million jobs are being created or improved, and $7.8 billion in climate finance has been unlocked.  
 
This is the power of working as an Alliance. With nearly 700 million people in the world still without electricity and billions more living with access that is unaffordable or unreliable, we still have a long way to go. But thanks to you, I am confident we can prevail.

As 2025 draws to a close, I invite you to take stock and celebrate our successes. I look forward to everything we will achieve together in 2026 and beyond.

Yours in partnership,
Woochong Um