The Global Energy Progress Report 2019provides a global dashboard on progress towards SustainableDevelopment Goal 7 (SDG7), which sets 2030 targets forreaching universal access to electricity and clean fuels andtechnologies for cooking, substantially increasing the shareof renewable energy in the global mix, and doubling the rateof improvement of energy efficiency. All the data used inthis pamphlet comes from the respective official source: forelectrification, the World Bank; for clean fuels andtechnologies for cooking, the World Health Organization(WHO); for renewable energy, the International Energy Agency(IEA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and theInternational Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); and forenergy efficiency, the IEA and UNSD. All projections arefrom the IEA’s World Energy Outlook. This report identifiesbest practices that have proven successful in recent years,as well as key approaches that policy makers may deploy incoming years. Recommendations applicable to all SDG 7targets include recognizing the importance of politicalcommitment and long-term energy planning, stepping upprivate financing, and supplying adequate incentives for thedeployment of clean technology options. The followingsections review progress in electricity access, access toclean cooking solutions, renewable energy, and energyefficiency. The Energy Progress Report reviews progress to2017 for energy access and to 2016 for renewable energy andenergy efficiency, against a baseline year of 2010. Itsmethodology is detailed at the end of each chapter.