Energy Leaders and Experts Join SDG7 Action Forum
to Expand Impact and Partnerships for a Just Energy Transition
at Key Moment of Opportunity
Hundreds of energy leaders and experts from governments, international organizations, business and youth groups around the world will gather on 24-25 September 2025 for the fourth annual EnergyNow SDG7 Action Forum, organized by UN-Energy on the margins of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week and as part of Climate Week NYC.
At over a dozen sessions over the two days, participants will strategize how best to scale up innovative solutions and mobilize resources and partnerships to end energy poverty and advance a just energy transition, aiming to accelerate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 7 (clean and affordable energy for all) and a net-zero future. This year's Forum draws on the strategic opportunities identified by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his July address on “supercharging the clean energy age," in which he strongly reaffirmed that the transition to renewables is inevitable – and the vast benefits it will bring for people and economies.
At the Forum, the annual progress report on the Energy Compacts will be launched, showing how governments, businesses, foundations and others are moving forward on their commitments by which they have pledged over $1.4 trillion in finance and investment towards boosting renewables and energy access by the 2030 SDG target.
The event will be held in-person at 211 East 46th Street in New York, just a few blocks from UN Headquarters, with online participation available in a limited manner.
High-level Speakers
Mr. Li Junhua
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, UNDESA
H.E. Ms. María Erla Marelsdóttir
Climate Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iceland
Mr. Haoliang Xu
Acting Administrator, UNDP
Ms. Damilola Ogunbiyi
Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All
Ms. Rabab Fatima
High Representative, UN-OHRLLS
Mr. Francesco La Camera
Director-General, IRENA
Ms. Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary, UNECE
Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach
Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Mr. Hans Olav Ibrekk
Special Envoy for Climate and Security, Norway
Ms. Sheila Oparaocha
Executive Director, ENERGIA
H.E. Ms. Samantha Graham-Maré
Deputy Minister of Energy and Electricity in the Republic of South Africa
Mr. Miguel Mu?oz Rodriguez
Head of Climate Policies and Alliances, Iberdrola