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        Global Methane Engagement Programme

        …the data tools available for monitoring progress and the options available for financing abatement projects. A key focus of the events has been to identify opportunities for future cooperation across the region.The regional roundtables have now brought together over 500 people from 35 countries to discuss pathways for reducing methane emissions. The next instalments will have a focus on Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa region. Support for COP30 Statement on Methane Emissions The IEA is supporting the implementation of the objectives and actions identified in the COP30 Statement on Drastically Reducing Methane Emissions in Global…

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        Clean Energy Transitions Programme

        …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 in clean energy transitions. Through direct engagement with countries and regions, the CETP helps develop specific work projects with a primary focus on implementation, leveraging the expertise, insights, and influence of the IEA across all fuels and technologies. Its activities include data and analytical work, technical cooperation…

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        Critical Minerals Security Programme

        …conducting regular tabletop exercises (TTX) with member governments, simulating realistic supply shocks for specific materials. The exercises aim to enhance emergency preparedness, also providing a platform to test emergency response measures and explore opportunities for international cooperation. The IEA has held two major TTXs, one on graphite in 2024 and another on rare earths in 2025. Market disruption monitoring and emergency response procedure When supply disruptions occur, rapid assessment of their implications is essential to deploying effective stopgap measures. Timely market monitoring and disruption assessments provide the intelligence needed to inform decisive and well-targeted actions. An effective, data-driven...

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        Clean Energy Ministerial

        Encouraging and facilitating the transition to a global clean energy economy The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a high-level global forum to promote policies and programs that advance clean energy technology, to share lessons learned and best practices, and to encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy.Initiatives and campaigns are based on areas of common interest among participating governments and other stakeholders. The 29 participating CEM Members are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, the European Commission (on behalf the European Union), Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland…

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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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        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 Agreemen...

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        G7 International collaborations

        An intergovernmental political forum of major industrialised economies IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol meets with world leaders at the 2022 G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany The Group of Seven (G7) is an informal group of democratic advanced economies -- Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States -- that have met regularly since the 1970s energy crises to coordinate policies on global issues such as trade, security, energy and climate change.The rotati...

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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 IEA has wo...

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        Japan 2019 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 Hydrogen At the request of the government of Japan under its G20 presidency, the IEA has produced a landmark report to analyse the current state of play for hydrogen and to offer guidance on its future development.The Future of Hydrogen finds that clean hydrogen is currently enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum, with the number of policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. It concludes that now is the time to scale up technologies and...

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        South Africa 2025 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contributions to the G20 Partnering with South Africa for a successful G20 The International Energy Agency (IEA) is delighted to be an official partner of the G20 South African Presidency, actively contributing to the Sherpa and Finance Tracks, as well as the Taskforce 1 on Inclusive Economic Growth, Industrialisation, Employment and Reduced Inequality. The IEA collaboration with South Africa is at the heart of the partnership set out in the two-year Joint Work Programme to guide bilateral c...

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