The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) was created to address the defining challenge of our time — the transition to renewable energy.

It was born of a recognition that the current pace of change is too slow to meet the net zero ambitions set under the Paris Agreement, and too uneven to meet the urgent development needs of emerging economies.

Set up by the IKEA Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund, we have since been joined by global institutions and dozens of partners, all sharing a common belief: that green energy access in the world’s emerging markets is fundamental to tackle the climate crisis and end inequality.

We are addressing some of the defining challenges of our time—ending energy poverty and tackling the climate crisis—through a just transition to renewable energy.

Green energy deployment has the power to benefit the 750 million people who lack any access to energy, the 1.6 billion people who lack access that is reliable and affordable, and the further 1.25 billion people who do not consume enough electricity to make a meaningful difference to their economic prospects.