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Designing for fairness
…G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial programme in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. This helped elevate key issues explored by the Commission, which was followed by the approval of the Principles for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions by G20 Energy Ministers. These principles were later endorsed by G20 Leaders at the final G20 Leaders Summit in Rio. In 2025, leading up to COP 30, as South Africa’s G20 Presidency is making just and inclusive energy transitions one of its priority areas, the Presidency invited the Global Commission to explore translating the G20 Principles for Just and Inclusive Transitions into policy design, implementation, and tracking…
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France 2026 International collaborations - G7
IEA contributions to the G7 In 2026, France holds the Presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), culminating in the Leaders' Summit in Évian on 15–17 June. As President Emmanuel Macron has outlined, France intends to focus the G7 on its original purpose: serving as a forum for dialogue among major powers to address global economic imbalances, strengthen multilateral cooperation and deliver coordinated, practical responses to the world's most pressing geopolitical, financial and energy
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India 2023 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contributions to the G20 The IEA has contributed widely to India's G20 Presidency in 2023. The Agency’s core engagement is its support for the Energy Transitions Working Group. It is also contributing to the Development Working Group and Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group in the Sherpa Track, and to the Framework Working Group and Sustainable Finance Working Groups in the Finance Track.G20 Sherpa TrackBuilding upon and expanding its partnership with the Government of India, the I...
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Data-Driven Electrification in Africa
…policies that leverage both centralised and decentralised energy solutions. Improving electricity access data in sub-Saharan Africa In an effort to drive more informed, focused and impactful policy programs, the IEA has worked to refine and improve electricity access data by providing more robust, standardised and comprehensive data collection guidelines. The IEA has been monitoring global energy statistics and tracking global electricity access data since 2000. Currently, we estimate 600 million people in Africa lack reliable electricity access. Although steady progress has been made to reduce this number, the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2022 energy crisis reversed this trend…
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Mission
The IEA works with governments and industry to shape a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future for all
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RETA International collaborations
An initiative to enhance the capacity of regulators to increase the speed of the clean energy transitions
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Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies
…indicators of progress on clean energy transitions, to improve capabilities for data analysis and enable evidence-based policy action;Expand analysis and modelling to empower policy makers, regulators and system operators in priority countries and regions to take better decisions to support a secure and cost-effective decarbonisation of the power sector;Work with priority countries to reduce investment risk and improve cost of capital and financing options, and to help attract investment and improve affordability and the scale of renewable energy sources and their flexibility, while considering potential physical climate risks;Map the global landscape of clean energy innovation…
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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 o...
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Energy Efficiency Hub International collaborations
A platform for global collaboration on energy efficiency The Energy Efficiency Hub is a new platform for global collaboration on energy efficiency. Its Secretariat is hosted at the IEA to take advantage of natural synergies with the work of the Agency. The Hub aims to facilitate government-to-government exchanges on efficiency policy, regulation and implementation, focusing on buildings, industry, appliances, and transport. The Hub takes on issues important to its Memb...
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Technology collaboration
Advancing the research, development and commercialisation of energy technologies About the TCP The Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) is a unique global network that drives cutting-edge energy technology research through international cooperation. By bringing together governments, industries, and leading experts, the TCP accelerates energy innovation and helps shape the future of energy solutions to support global energy security and economic gr...