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History of the IEA: The First 20 Years- Volume II : Major Policies and Actions | |
| 1995 | ||
| Size: 1264 KB | ||
| Table of Contents | ISBN: 92-64-14337-8 | |
| No. of Pages: 395 | ||
| Download the PDF | Type of Document: Study (Book) | |
Volume II of The History of the International Energy Agency continues the story which began with the Origins and Structure of the Agency in Volume I. After examining the industrial countries' energy policies leading up to the 1973-1974 crisis, the current Volume focuses on the new policies adapted in the IEA during its first 20 years. Responding to oil security concerns, the Agency has built and maintained oil emergency response systems enabling it to assist in the management of oil supply disruptions in 1979-1981 and 1990-1991 and to maintain a high degree of readiness today. Oil security policy notions expanded to include long-term energy policies to reduce independence on imported oil, with development of energy conservation, alternative sources of energy, R & D and the energy and the environment balance. Oil market information systems have been established and operated to make markets more transparent. As the world energy situation evolved over the last twenty years, the Agency increasingly widened the scope of its policies and actions, particularly with regard to energy and environment issues. The Agency also expanded relations with non-Member countries on a global basis. Volume II takes up these developments and pinpoints the major actions the Agency has taken to achieve the objectives of IEA Member countries. Richard Scott, the author of both Volumes of the History, is particularly well placed to write on the IEA's first twenty years. He served the IEA as its Legal Counsel from the beginning to 1992, and participated during that time in the Governing Board meetings in which the IEA's policies were adopted and its actions were undertaken. He now serves the IEA as senior consultant and it Professor of International Law at the American University of Paris. |
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