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        Global Methane Engagement Programme

        …concrete action.The first regional roundtable, held in October 2024 in Baku with Azerbaijan’s COP29 Presidency, focused on the Caucasus and Central Asia. The second took place in Lima in July 2025 in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLCADE) and Peru’s Ministry of Energy. The third was held in November 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria in partnership with Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the African Energy Commission (AFREC), focused on Sub-Saharan Africa.The regional engagements have provided a platform for region-focused dialogue on turning pledges into actionable plans, policies and regulations…

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        Clean Energy Labour Council Structure

        Fostering dialogue between the IEA, stakeholders and the labour sector A growing number of countries are setting increasingly ambitious goals to shift to clean energy, with significant implications for labour. IEA analysis estimates that the energy transition needed to reach net zero emissions will create 14 million new jobs in the realm of clean energy technologies, shift around 5 million workers away from fossil fuel sectors, and require additional skills and training for an estimated 30 milli...

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        International collaborations

        We work with a broad range of international organisations and forums to ensure secure, affordable and sustainable energy systems

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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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        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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        EU4Energy

        …Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekista​n. EU4Energy builds on the success of the long running INOGATE Programme and follows objectives for regional cooperation agreed between the EU and the beneficiary countries. The EU renewed the EU4Energy Programme for a second phase, which which ran from July 2021 to December 2025, and focused solely on the EU's Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, and Ukraine.Phase III of the EU4Energy Programme began on 1 January 2026 and will run until 31 December 2028, and will continue to focus on the Eastern Partnership countries.The Programme…

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        APEC International collaborations

        Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), established in 1989 in response to strong economic growth across the region, is an economic forum for 21 Asia-Pacific economies.The IEA participates actively in APEC summits, organises trainings and provides information, especially on energy efficiency and energy technology, to support APEC in efforts to promote sustainable growth. In 2017, the IEA published the paper Tracking Fossil Fuel Subsidies in APEC Economies. I...

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        Buildings Technology collaboration

        Innovation activities relating to efficiency gains in buildings, such as heat pumps, district heating and cooling and energy storage

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        Germany 2017 International collaborations - G20

        IEA Contribution to G20 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol is in the middle of the first row. (Photo courtesy of Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue, all rights reserved) IEA has played a critical role in the energy and climate track of the German G20. The G20 Hamburg Climate and Energy Action Plan for Growth 2017 reflects core IEA contributions: the IEA/IRENA report Perspectives for the Energy Transition: Investment Needs for a Low Carbon Energy System and related OECD report ...

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        Training

        Building long-term partnerships with participating countries IEA training and capacity building The IEA has carried out training activities since its creation more than 50 years ago, starting with the Emergency Response Exercises (ERE) for its member countries to prepare them for oil supply disruptions. Over the decades, the scope for training has broadened to include energy statistics, modelling, technology, energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and subjects of similar interest. With ...

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