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Published: 18 June 2026

Energy Transition Index 2026

Contributors

Project team


World Economic Forum

Ojasvee Arora
Specialist, Energy Initiatives, Centre for Energy and Materials

Sacha Bazin
Specialist, Energy Initiatives, Centre for Energy and Materials

Roberto Bocca
Head, Centre for Energy and Materials; Member of the Executive Committee

Espen Mehlum
Head, Energy, Centre for Energy and Materials

Nicholas Wagner
Manager, Energy Initiatives, Centre for Energy and Materials


Accenture

Muqsit Ashraf
Global Lead for Industry and Enterprise, Accenture

Ganvendra Singh Chahar
Consultant, Strategy and Consulting, Energy

Ahmad El-Labban
Senior Manager, Strategy and Consulting, Energy

Aditya Prajapati
Analyst, Strategy and Consulting, Strategy

David Rabley
Managing Director and Global Energy Transition Lead, Energy

Acknowledgements

Data sources

The World Economic Forum acknowledges and thanks all data contributors: BloombergNEF, ClimateWatch, Ember, Enerdata, Heritage Foundation, INSEAD, International Energy Agency, International Gas Union, International Monetary Fund, International Renewable Energy Agency, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), UN Comtrade, World Bank Group, World Economic Forum, World Trade Organization, Network Readiness Index (NRI), U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Oxford Insights, the Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE), S&P Global, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings.

Chief expert advisers

The World Economic Forum acknowledges and thanks the individuals and experts of the Energy Transition Intelligence Advisory Board, without whose support this report would not have been possible:

Prasoon Agarwal
Deputy Head, Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)

Rigoberto Ariel Yepez-Garcia
Economics Principal Advisor; Vice-President of Sectors and Knowledge, Inter-American Development Bank

Morgan Bazilian
Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines

Leonardo Beltran Rodriquez
Member of the Administrative Board, United Nations Sustainability for All (SEforALL)

Michaela Cappanelli
Head, Climate Strategy, Risk Mitigation and Disclosure, Eni

Lucy Craig
Director of Growth, Innovation and Digitalization, DNV

Brian Efird
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC)

Lin Boqiang
Dean, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy, Xiamen University

Clarissa Lins
Founding Partner, Catavento

Bertrand Magne
Senior Economist, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Sandra Melki
Vice-President Marketing and Sustainability, Technip Energies

Gustavo Naciff de Andrade
Deputy Head of Energy Economics, Energy Research Office (EPE)

Frank Peter
Deputy Executive Director, Agora Think Tanks

Davide Puglielli
Head, Strategy and Group Positioning, Enel

Samar Saad Al-Hameedi
Vice-President, Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance, ADNOC

John Scott
Independent Advisory Board Member

Fabby Tumiwa
Executive Director, Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR)

Fridtjof Unander
Senior Advisor, Aker Solutions

David Victor
Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Zhou Changchun
Vice-President, Economic and Technology Institute, Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation (GEIDCO)


Production

Rose Chilvers
Designer, Studio Miko

Laurence Denmark
Creative Director, Studio Miko

Will Liley
Editor, Studio Miko


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Data Intelligence & Visualization Lead, Infrastructure, Data Ops and IT Security

Ella Yutong Lin
Lead, Programme and Stakeholder Engagement. Centre for Energy and Materials

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Specialist, Content and Engagement, Centre for Energy and Materials


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Head, Video and Design

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