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People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions
…programme. The IEA Clean Energy Labour Council brings together representatives of the world’s most important national trade unions and confederations, the IEA Gender Advisory Council facilitates the exchange of best practices between IEA Family governments on gender equality and inclusion, and the People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions webinar series, with 1-2 webinars organised per month with key international experts, explores relevant topics such as citizen engagement, skills development, social inclusion etc. Best practices The programme aims to facilitate best practice knowledge sharing and learning on the key themes laid out by the Recommendations of the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions…
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Global Commission for Urgent Action on Energy Efficiency
…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 globe. It has developed this series of actionable recommendations to support governments in achieving more ambitious action on energy efficiency.The Commission's work comes at a critical moment in clean energy transitions around the world. Despite energy efficiency's…
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Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies
…The E4 Programme supports better energy efficiency policies in countries by intervening at different levels:Support for policy development: working together with those responsible for the delivery of energy efficiency policies in countries and responding to their needs, the E4 programme has developed a series of policy toolkits to support stronger action on energy efficiency in countries.Thematic workshops: bringing together officials and experts from a range of countries to explore specific topics, the programmes helps to ensure emerging economies have access to timely and relevant training opportunities.Policy training: Occurring 3 to 4 times a year around the world…
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Clean Energy Transitions in Emerging Economies
…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 through better…
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Energy Sub-Saharan Africa
…and modelling can improve energy access Sub-Saharan Africa is critical for achieving global energy and climate goals Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy future matters for the world, due in part to:The region’s young and rapidly growing population,high projected urbanisation ratesstrong economic growth trendsand vast energy and critical mineral resources.Sub-Saharan Africa will play an increasingly important role in shaping the global energy landscape and achieving global climate goals.Despite this, sub-Saharan Africa is the least understood region in the global energy system. Key barriers include a lack of basic energy demand and supply statistics…
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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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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 h...
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Association countries Membership
A new era of international energy co-operation The activation of Association in 2015 marked an important milestone in the IEA’s engagement worldwide, reflecting several years of concerted efforts on the part of IEA member countries, partner countries and the Secretariat, and opening doors to a new era of international energy co-operation.According to the Joint Declaration, Association is "a progressive relationship that will have an evolving nature and that will serve as a basi...
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China 2016 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contribution to G20 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol is third from right in the back row. (Photo courtesy of the EU Commission, all rights reserved) The IEA has played a critical role in supporting the energy discussions under the China Presidency of the G20 in 2016. The IEA participated in, among other, the NEA IGU Natural Gas day on 29 June and G20 Ministerial on 30 June.The first IEA's report dedicated to energy efficiency in China was launched at the G20 Energy
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Saudi Arabia 2020 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contribution to G20 Under the Saudi Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), the IEA played a crucial role in convening an Extraordinary G20 Energy Ministerial on 10 April 2020 in the context of the turmoil in global oil markets. The IEA Executive Director updated Energy Ministers of the G20 on the state of energy markets and energy security at their regular G20 Energy Ministers Meeting on 27 September 2020. Ahead of the Ministerial, the voice of ...