REN21’s Renewables

Global Status Report 2025

A comprehensive annual overview
of the state of Renewable Energy.

Since 2005, REN21’s Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has spotlighted ongoing developments and emerging trends that shape the future of renewables. This year’s 20th edition of the GSR illuminates a complex landscape of progress tempered by persistent challenges.

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Report Structure

As a collaborative effort involving hundreds of experts, the GSR is structured as a collection of multiple publications. In addition to providing a global overview of the renewables landscape, it also presents developments in renewable energy supply and dives into energy demand sectors. Collectively, these publications offer a systemic global overview of the current uptake of renewables and reflect key trends in global energy.

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REN21 | Building the renewables-based economy

REN21 is the only global multi-stakeholder network focused on driving the transition to a renewables-based economy. For over 20 years, we’ve delivered trusted data, strategic insight, and an impartial platform for debate and collaboration.

Respected for our credibility and convening power, REN21 brings together governments, industry, civil society and academia to bridge silos, spark dialogue and drive informed decisions. We prioritise inclusion – especially of those too often excluded from decision making, including non-traditional actors and those from developing and emerging markets.

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With fossil fuel dependence still deeply entrenched and progress too slow and fragmented, REN21 is evolving its approach to tackle the systemic barriers stalling the transition. By leveraging our unique network and launching targeted Change Programmes, we aim to drive the deep structural shifts needed for the energy transition – a shift that underpins resilient, secure and equitable societies, and is essential to realise a world that runs on renewables.

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Global Overview

This high-level overview sets the scene for the various modules in the 2025 Global Status Report Collection. It outlines the status and trends of renewables in context of the global challenge of climate change in a turbulent geopolitical landscape.

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