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        Official staff Opportunities are open to professionals who:are a national of an OECD member country (There may be be exemptions for specific programmes or hosted bodies in the Agency, referenced in the job description. Refer to Regulation 6 in the OECD Staff Regulations for more information.)are less than 67 years of ageare fluent in English with knowledge of or willingness to learn FrenchWe offer competitive salaries, and a wide-ranging benefits programme designed to provide financial stabilit...

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        Electricity Technology collaboration

        Activities relating to innovation in electricity systems, such as smart grids, demand-side management and superconductivity technology

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        How we work The IEA works in agile, interdisciplinary teams that mirror the complexity of today’s energy challenges. Collaboration across functions and disciplines is central to our impact — bringing together analysts, modellers and data scientists alongside country desk officers and professionals in legal, communications, finance and more. Our collaborative, fast-paced environment empowers you to help shape outcomes that matter on a global scale.  Our Culture and Values At the IEA we are ...

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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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        Strait of Hormuz Oil security and emergency response

        Factsheet Last updated: February 2026 Overview The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow sea passage, separating the Arabian Peninsula and Iran, and connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. At its narrowest point, the Strait is only 29 nautical miles wide (54 km) and it consists of 2-mile-wide navigable channels (3.7 km) for inbound and outbound shipping as well as a 2-mile-wide buffer zone. The Strait of Hormuz, through which an average of 20 million barrels per day (mb/d) ...

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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 Efficiency Forum in Beij...

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        Italy 2021 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 A first ever joint G20 energy and climate Ministerial meeting Under its Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20), the government of Italy invited the IEA to be a strategic partner for energy and climate, and to help support discussions on sustainable recovery, investment and finance.  The IEA has played a critical role in the first ever joint meeting of G20 energy and climate ministers, held in Naples on 23 July 2021. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol ...

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        Argentina 2018 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 IEA represented by Mr Tim Gould, Head of Energy Supply Outlook Division, third from the left in the back row. IEA has played a critical role in supporting the energy discussions under the Argentina Presidency of the G20 and its priority "Transitioning towards cleaner, more flexible and transparent energy systems". For the G20, the IEA spearheads the comprehensive tracking of G20 progress on energy transitions, energy access, system integration of variable energy sour...

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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...

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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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