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The energy crisis and electrification
…on-year, according to our recent World Energy Investment report https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2026. Electrification is also one of the key trends contributing to the strong growth in global demand for electricity, which increased more than twice as fast as overall energy demand https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2026/key-findings last year.
Investments in renewables, nuclear, electrification and energy efficiency in the past decade have improved energy security in major fuel-importing regions, our investment report finds. At the same time, progress on electrification is uneven, accelerating when infrastructure, prices and…
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Supporting countries in the unfolding energy crisis
…This has created what amounts to “the greatest threat to global energy security in history,” according to our Executive Director Fatih Birol. The disruptions are being increasingly felt around the world and have driven significant rises in oil and gas prices, with particularly sharp spikes in jet fuel and diesel markets. To help address these unprecedented disruptions, IEA Member countries unanimously agreed https://www.iea.org/news/iea-member-countries-to-carry-out-largest-ever-oil-stock-release-amid-market-disruptions-from-middle-east-conflict last month to the largest ever release of emergency oil stocks.
As the situation…
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Contending with the effects of the energy crisis
…addressed the high-level segment of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, which was led by Chancellor Merz. Dr Birol’s remarks focused on the current energy crisis, how today's policy responses could shape the longer-term outlook and why industrial competitiveness remains central in this context.
Read more in our news article https://www.iea.org/news/iea-executive-director-meets-german-chancellor-to-discuss-energy-security-and-industrial-competitiveness.
How governments can best support consumers during this energy crisis
As the effects of the Middle East conflict have driven up prices for key fuels – including jet fuel, diesel and gasoline –...
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What are the biggest sources of energy today?
3 charts that show how the world met rising global energy demand in 2025
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Welcome back to Energy Snapshot, the International Energy Agency’s monthly newsletter focused on charts and data. In this edition, we look at the energy sources the world depends on today – and what changes are taking place.
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The world is thirsty for energy. Even against a complex economic and geopolitical backdrop, global energy consumption continued to rise in 2025…
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Oil exports through Strait of Hormuz rise
…eve of the crisis; and more.
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Oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz rise – but significant risks remain
Oil prices have eased substantially in recent weeks on signs that fuel exports through the Strait of Hormuz have started to recover – underpinned by the interim agreement between the United States and Iran in mid-June seeking to reopen the Strait and to lay the foundations for a lasting peace.
A full recovery will nevertheless take time, according to our latest monthly Oil Market Report. https:/…
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What’s driving the surge in energy jobs?
…overtaking fuel supply in recent years.
The expansion of low-emissions power generation – from technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines and nuclear plants – is a key driver of this trend, complemented by rapid hiring in grids and energy storage as the Age of Electricity https://www.iea.org/newsletters/energy-snapshot/17-11-2025/the-age-of-electricity-is-here takes hold. Meanwhile, employment in fossil fuel industries also remained resilient in 2024 – with the oil and gas supply sector now having recovered most of the jobs lost during the Covid crisis in 2020.
Despite the strength of recent…
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A deepening crisis in oil markets and beyond
…request to join IEA; discussing institutional ties with the UAE; the energy crisis impact on cooking fuel access; methane emissions and energy security; and more...
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Welcome back to the Energy Mix. In today's edition: The latest developments in global oil markets; meetings with the leaders from Canada, Austria and OPEC; the Nigeria government’s request to join the IEA; discussing the establishment of institutional ties with the UAE; the impact of the energy crisis on fuel supplies for cooking; methane emissions and energy security; a new…
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How the global landscape for energy investment is changing
…org/news/impacts-of-middle-east-conflict-set-to-reshape-energy-investment-plans-as-disruptions-put-focus-on-security report shows.
Energy security is moving higher up the global agenda as a result of two major energy crises this decade. The latest shock, triggered by the war in Middle East, is encouraging investment in a range of projects that diversify suppliers or routes to market, including ways to reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz.
It is also reinforcing interest among fuel-importing countries in energy sources available domestically – including renewables, nuclear power, efficiency improvements and, in some cases, coal…
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Growth of IEA Family is milestone for global energy governance
Plus, other key outcomes from our Ministerial on critical minerals, Ukraine & more; our 3rd Energy Innovation Forum; the latest on oil markets; the rapid rise of batteries; and more ...
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Welcome back to the Energy Mix. In today's edition: Highlights from our Ministerial Meeting in Paris, including closer institutional ties with Brazil, Colombia, India and Viet Nam and an expanded mandate on critical minerals security; insight from our 3rd Energy Innovation Forum; the latest trends in global oil markets; new data on the rapid rise of batteries…
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IEA responding to major global energy security threat
…oil markets
The IEA is responding to the widespread energy market impacts of the conflict in the Middle East https://www.iea.org/topics/the-middle-east-and-global-energy-markets. The disruptions to oil and gas flows and to energy infrastructure in the region have major implications for energy security and affordability – and for the world economy.
The war in the region that began on 28 February has shrunk energy trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz to a trickle, creating what our Executive Director Fatih Birol has described as “the greatest threat to global energy security in history”…