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Clean Energy Transitions Programme
Accelerating clean-energy transitions in major emerging economies The CETP turns targets into action, working to accelerate progress towards the goal of global net zero emissions through secure and people-centred clean energy transitions, with a focus on major emerging and developing economies. By supporting the greatest energy reorientation of this century, CETP is leading the global fight against climate change and advancing the IEA’s mission to shape a secure and sustainable energy future for all.Since its inception in 2017, the CETP has grown to become the IEA's flagship programme for strengthening the Agency's global leadership…
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Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies
Guiding policy makers on how to push ahead in sector reforms, attract investments, foster innovation and ultimately enable a clean energy transition The Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies programme works with specific emerging economies to implement actions to fulfil global clean energy and climate targets in line with the Paris agreement. Currently, the IEA is delivering the second edition of the programme (CETEE-2). It builds on the results and the success of activities implemented between 2020 and 2022, and it provides support and analysis in the following interrelated components: improved data and statistics, decarbonisation of the power sector…
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Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency
Examining how progress on energy efficiency can be rapidly accelerated through new and stronger policy action by governments across the globe The Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency was established on 24 June 2019 at the IEA’s 4th annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Dublin, Ireland. The Commission currently has 23 members and is composed of national leaders, current and former ministers, top business executives and global thought leaders.With analytical support from the IEA, Global Commission members have examined how progress on energy efficiency can be rapidly accelerated through new and stronger policy action by governments across the…
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Data-Driven Electrification in Africa
Universal energy access is one of the main driving forces in alleviating poverty and ensuring sustainable and inclusive economic growth The energy access sector is undergoing deep transformations as it strives to eliminate energy poverty, but there is a pressing need to equip governments with more actionable and targeted tools for integrated electricity planning. These resources are crucial to maximize the effectiveness of both centralised and decentralised solutions, leveraging off-grid initiatives led by the private sector, such as the deployment of mini-grids and stand-alone home solar systems.These off-grid solutions are essential to provide access to…
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Critical Minerals Security Programme
Critical minerals have risen rapidly up the policy agenda as a cornerstone of energy and economic security. These minerals are not only crucial for energy technologies but also play a vital role in high-tech industries, aerospace, defence, AI data centres, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing, making them central not only to energy security but also to broader national and economic resilience. The IEA Critical Minerals Security Programme is the Agency’s flagship framework designed to help countries strengthen mineral security. Building on the IEA’s leading analytical capabilities in critical minerals markets and its long-standing experience in safeguarding energy…
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History of the IEA Mission
From oil security to steering the world toward secure and sustainable energy transitions At the heart of the global dialogue on energy security and clean energy transitions, the International Energy Agency is the world’s leading energy authority. We provide reliable and comprehensive data, analysis, and policy recommendations with the goal of shaping a secure, sustainable and affordable energy future for all while meeting the climate change objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement.The IEA was foun...
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Oil security and emergency response
Ensuring quick and effective response to major supply disruptions Ensuring energy security has been at the centre of the IEA’s mission since its creation in 1974, following the oil crisis in 1973. Today, the global oil market remains vulnerable to a wide range of risk factors, including natural disasters, major technical accidents, and geo-political tensions. As oil is expected to remain a major component of global energy demand for the coming decades, particularly for the transportation sector,...
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Brazil 2024 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contributions to the G20 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol (center) with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil (right) and Minister of Mines and Energy Alexandre Silveira (left). IEA supports energy transition and climate action outcomes in the run-up to the Rio G20 Summit To support sustainable, affordable and secure global energy transitions, the IEA worked in close partnership with Brazil's G20 Presidency in 2024. The Agency is contributing to two new horizontal taskforces, the&n...
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Italy 2024 International collaborations - G7
IEA Contributions to the G7 For Italy’s Presidency of the G7 in 2024, the IEA produced a wide range of analysis and recommendations that allow the G7 to deliver a strong commitment to the implementation of the COP28 energy outcomes, part of what is known as the UAE Consensus. The IEA advice helps the G7 to design actions in support of global targets on tripling renewable energy capacity, doubling the annual rate of energy efficiency improvement and transitioning away from fossil fuels in the ene...
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United Kingdom 2021 International collaborations - G7
IEA Contributions to the G7 G7 Summit, Carbis Bay, 11-13 June At the G7 Summit in Cornwall, England in June 2021, the leaders of Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States – plus the European Union – committed to reach “an overwhelmingly decarbonised” power system in the 2030s and net zero emissions across their economies no later than 2050.Under the UK Presidency, the G7 issued a communiqué in which it set out its net zero commitments and called on all coun...