8th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency

The International Energy Agency’s 8th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency brought together ministers, CEOs and other senior leaders to help achieve the faster progress on energy efficiency that is needed to address today’s global energy crisis and pressing climate imperatives.

Participants considered how policy action in areas such as innovation, digitalisation and finance can help governments as they turn to energy efficiency to boost affordability, security and climate action. Across two days of high-level discussions, the Global Conference provided an action-oriented forum for decision makers to share experiences of implementing energy efficiency policy on the ground and driving investment in real-world projects.

The 8th Global Conference was hosted by French Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher and IEA Executive Director, Dr Fatih Birol, in partnership with Schneider Electric. This year’s event took place in person in Paris from 7 to 8 June 2023, and included a pre-conference day on Tuesday 6 June, featuring side events and a welcome reception.