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How the global landscape for energy investment is changing
…solar PV, which have seen costs decline by nearly 80% since 2015 thanks to innovation and growing markets. If the costs of technologies across the energy system had remained where they stood a decade ago, an additional $2.5 trillion in spending would have been required in 2026 to support the same energy infrastructure build-out.
In a dynamic global environment, the precise contours of the new energy investment landscape will become clearer over time. In the months and years ahead, the IEA will continue to track the implications of disruptions, innovation and other key factors on the investment cho...
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How the crisis is reshaping energy investment
…of our flagship World Energy Investment https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-investment-2026 report highlights how the current energy crisis is changing risk perceptions and bolstering moves towards greater diversification. Coming just a few years after the energy crisis centred around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, today’s supply shock is expected to leave a lasting imprint on future investment priorities – particularly in Asia and the Middle East, where the impacts of the disruptions to shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz have been felt most acutely.
The report projects that global energy investment will reach…
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The energy crisis and electrification
…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 finance align – and slowing when barriers persist due to issues such as affordability, grid readiness or technology risk.
The IEA continues to track these developments around the world. At a recent high…
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7 certainties about energy for this age of uncertainty
…host the Mission Innovation Secretariat at our HQ; the world’s oil supply enters 2026 with a large surplus; how the global LNG wave is set to affect natural gas markets this year; our Executive Director meets with the King and Prime Minister of Sweden; how to meet India's fast-growing demand for electricity; investment in next-generation geothermal is surging; new podcast episodes; and more.
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Despite many uncertainties worldwide, here are 7 certainties about energy today
The energy sector, like many others…
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A major summit on clean cooking in Africa
… and CEOs of major energy companies.
In July 2025, we published an update https://www.iea.org/news/accelerating-clean-cooking-investment-can-propel-africa-towards-full-access-by-2040 showing that more than $470 million of the commitments from the Paris summit had already been disbursed – and set out a new roadmap https://www.iea.org/reports/universal-access-to-clean-cooking-in-africa laying out a cost-effective pathway to reaching universal access to clean cooking across sub-Saharan Africa by 2040.
Stay tuned for more details on the upcoming summit https://www.iea.org/news/kenya-norway…
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The implications of surging electricity demand
…flexibility. It also discusses measures to help ensure the affordability of electricity and the security and resilience of power systems, issues that are increasingly coming into focus for policymakers around the world.
To learn more, read the press release https://www.iea.org/news/global-electricity-demand-is-set-to-grow-strongly-to-2030-underscoring-need-for-investments-in-grids-and-flexibility and the full report https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2026.
Energy ministers from around the world to gather at IEA Ministerial Meeting in Paris
Energy ministers from countries around the world will meet in Paris on 1...
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What’s driving the surge in energy jobs?
…building out of energy infrastructure, delay projects and raise system costs. Electricians, pipefitters, line workers, plant operators and nuclear engineers are in especially short supply.
An ageing workforce is intensifying the pressure. This is especially true in advanced economies, where there are 2.4 energy workers nearing retirement for every new entrant under the age of 25.
To prevent the skills gap from widening further by 2030, the number of new qualified entrants into the energy sector globally would need to rise by more than 40%. Ensuring this would require an additional $2.6 billion per year of investment globally…
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Tackling rare earth supply risks
…outside of China have recently been announced. However, they are not sufficient to meet projected demand outside the dominant supplier. What’s more, the pipeline across different stages of the supply chain is uneven. While existing and announced projects point to a notable expansion of mining activities, the project pipeline is much smaller for refining and magnet production. Announced magnet projects represent only about one third of diversified mining capacity.
Building adequate diversified supply would require $60 billion of investment from the public and private sector over the next decade, according to our analysis. While significant, this sum is m...
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Growth of IEA Family is milestone for global energy governance
… insight from our 3rd Energy Innovation Forum; the latest trends in global oil markets; new data on the rapid rise of batteries; and more.
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IEA Ministerial Meeting underscores Agency's central role in tackling global energy challenges
Global energy leaders met in Paris this past week for our 2026 Ministerial Meeting, affirming our Agency's central role in international cooperation to address the major energy challenges and opportunities facing the world.
The two-day event – with a special video address in the opening session…
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What are the biggest sources of energy today?
…backdrop, global energy consumption continued to rise in 2025 – reaching the highest level on record.
But what are the energy sources to which the world is turning to meet this growing demand? The answer to these questions can be found in our Global Energy Review 2026 https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2026, which offers a comprehensive annual assessment of key trends across the energy sector.
The report shows that many types of energy met global demand last year. Oil, natural gas and coal continued to play the biggest roles, accounting for almost 80% of total energy supply…