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Copenhagen: IEA urges all governments to send a strong signal to spur new investment for clean energy
14 December 2009

At the UN climate change conference IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka presented an energy policy and technology blueprint that can deliver ambitious climate goals to be agreed in Copenhagen. Click here for press release.
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IEA assesses climate-friendly energy technology spending gap
14 December 2009

Paris, Monday 14 December: Today the IEA released a new study on research, development and demonstration (RD&D) spending needs for the low-carbon technologies being targeted by the Major Economies Forum on Energy & Climate Change. read more...

 

Spotlight on the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen
11 December 2009

Implementing energy efficiency is key to a sustainable energy future. At the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, IEA experts will present the results from recent studies and provide details on the necessary steps for capturing the huge potential of energy efficiency to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. read more...

 

Promoting Energy Efficiency Worldwide
11 December 2009

The IEA helped the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) organise an energy efficiency competition among students up to 18 years old in schools around the world.  Students were asked to suggest an innovative way to improve global electrical energy efficiency by: read more...

 

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Europolitics Energy, 2 December 2009
EU Emission Trading System (ETS) Pilot Phase Cut Emissions

At seminar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, IEA Energy and Environment Analyst Barbara Buchner gave a positive assessment of the EU ETS in the 2005-2007 pilot phase, read more ... 

The Straits Times, 1 December 2009
Energy Efficiency Easiest Way to Cut CO2 Emissions

Speaking on the margins of a sustainable energy conference in Singapore, IEA Energy Efficiency and Environment Division head Rick Bradley said that efforts to use new energy technologies are hampered by businesses’ reluctance read more ... 

Kyodo News, 26 November 2009
IEA Urges Wider East Asian Energy Cooperation

Urging Japan to advance energy cooperation with neighboring Asian countries as a way of building an East Asian community, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said, “With China and (South) Korea, read more ... 

Reuters, 19 November 2009
IEA – Gas from Caspian needed in Europe

Speaking at the “Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2009" conference in Ashgabat, IEA Deputy Executive Director Richard Jones said the Agency’s member countries, most of which are Western European nations, were keen to secure Turkmen supplies. read more ... 

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10 November 2009
Interview with IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol about the end of cheap oil and investments in green technologies.
Source:BBC
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