How the Energy Sector Can Deliver on a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen
World Energy Outlook Special Report
About this report
Past editions of the IEA's World Energy Outlook have highlighted the unsustainbility of current energy trends - environmentally, economically and socially - and the urgent need for action to bring about a wholesale global shift to low-carbon technologies. The issue is particularly pertinent this year, as countries around the world negotiate a new global deal on action to address climate change. Energy is at the heart of the problem - accounting for about 65% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions - and so must be at the heart of the solution.
This year's edition of WEO will include an in-depth analysis of climate policies. The core of the analysis is a climate scenario, one consistent with limiting the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million CO2-equivalent. Key results of this analysis are being published early in this booklet to support the negotiation of a new climate change agreement under the UNFCCC.
This year's edition of WEO will include an in-depth analysis of climate policies. The core of the analysis is a climate scenario, one consistent with limiting the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million CO2-equivalent. Key results of this analysis are being published early in this booklet to support the negotiation of a new climate change agreement under the UNFCCC.