Our Inclusive Energy Future

Our Energy Future: The Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions was established on 26 January 2021. The commission currently has 17 members, with more to be announced soon, and brings together government leaders, ministers and prominent thinkers.

The Commission's work comes at a critical moment in clean energy transitions around the world. As countries seek to advance their shifts to clean energy technologies, the success of these efforts will rest on enabling citizens to benefit from the opportunities and navigate the disruptions. This includes social and economic impacts on individuals and communities, as well as issues of affordability and fairness.

Commission members will explore these questions in depth, taking into account the need to see people as active participants in clean energy transitions – in collective decision-making and through individual actions and behaviours. Equity and inclusion issues will also be examined, including gender equality. The commission’s meetings will result in key recommendations in advance of COP26 in November.

Mette FREDERIKSEN

Prime Minister, Denmark

Dan JØRGENSEN

Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Denmark

Mohammed Bin Hamed AL RUMHI

Minister of Oil and Gas, Oman

Tina BRU

Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway

Sharan BURROW

General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Leonore GEWESSLER

Minister of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology Austria

Sophie GLADIMA

Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Senegal

Juan Carlos JOBET

Minister of Energy, Chile

Hiroshi KAJIYAMA

Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

Michał KURTYKA

Minister of Climate and Environment, Poland

Joe MANCHIN

Senator and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States

Diego MESA PUYO

Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia

Rocío NAHLE GARCÍA

Secretary of Energy, Mexico

Damilola OGUNBIYI

CEO and Special Representative of the UN SG for SEforALL and Co-Chair of UN-Energy

Seamus O'REGAN

Minister of Natural Resources, Canada

Muriel PÉNICAUD

Ambassador at the Permanent Representative of France to the OECD, Former Minister of Labour, France

Mark PHILLIPS

Prime Minister, Guyana

Teresa RIBERA RODRÍGUEZ

Fourth Vice President of the Government, Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Spain

Kadri SIMSON

European Commissioner for Energy

Simonetta SOMMARUGA

Federal Councillor, Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, Switzerland

Beniamin STRZELECKI

Global Focal Point, SDG 7 Youth Constituency

Arifin TASRIF

Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia

Chiagozie UDEH

Global Focal Point, SDG 7 Youth Constituency

Tinne VAN DER STRAETEN

Minister for Energy, Belgium