ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS REN21 DATA AND KNOWLEDGE TEAM Jad BabaAna Díaz VidalYuko KomazawaNathalie LedanoisHend Yaqoob SPECIAL ADVISORS Adam BrownJanet L. Sawin CHAPTER AUTHORS Hind CouzinAnastasia Ioannou Kristin Seyboth LEAD TOPICAL CONTRIBUTORS Gonzalo Bravo (Fondacion Bariloche); Zuzana Dobrotkova (World Bank); Mark Hankins (SARDC); Konstantinos Ioannou (Halyvourgiki Steel Company); Athanasios Kolios (Technical University of Denmark – DTU); Tomas Kåberger (Renewable Energy Institute) RESEARCH AND PROJECT SUPPORT (REN21 SECRETARIAT) Thomas AndréFayrouz Atrakouti Talia Contreras-TapiaStefanie GicquelVibhushree HamirwasiaJonas Reolon KremerBorana ResulajAndrea WainerLaura E. Williamson COMMUNICATIONs SUPPORT (REN21 SECRETARIAT) Yasmine Abd-El-AzizAnna AbrahamMariela Lopez HidalgoHala KilaniShiyao Zhang EDITING, DESIGN AND LAYOUT Lisa Mastny (Editor) weeks.de Werbeagentur GmbH (Design) PRODUCTION REN21 Secretariat, Paris, France DATA AND PYTHON PROGRAMMING Nicolas Achury (independent consultant) Note: Some individuals have contributed in more than one way to this report. To avoid listing contributors multiple times, they have been added to the group where they provided the most information. In most cases, the lead topical contributors also participated in the Global Status Report (GSR) review and validation process. This report was commissioned by REN21 and produced in collaboration with a global network of research partners. Financing was provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affaires and Climate Action (BMWK) and the UN Environment Programme. A large share of the research for this report was conducted on a voluntary basis.