To assist policymakers with pressing forward competitive and sustainable energy systems, the World Energy Council, in partnership with global management consultancy Oliver Wyman, has published the 2014 “World Energy Trilemma report: Time to get real - the myths and realities of financing energy systems”.

This sixth annual report highlights the perspectives of the financial community on the challenges and opportunities of scaling up investments in the energy sector. The findings are based on interviews with almost 50 executives from leading commercial banks, multilateral development banks, pension funds and institutional investors covering all geographic regions. The report makes clear recommendations to policymakers, industry leaders and the financial community on how to address the investment challenges in order to deliver competitive and sustainable energy systems.

The 2014 report builds on the previously developed dialogue among energy leaders discussing what is needed to succeed in overcoming the energy trilemma – the triple challenge of finding solutions that simultaneously address the three key aspects of energy security for economic growth, energy equity for social stability, and environmental sustainability.

The report also includes the Energy Trilemma Index, a comparative ranking of 129 countries, which benchmarks the sustainability of their energy systems.

Country profiles are available as an interactive tool on www.worldenergy.org