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Launch your career in the global energy sector Join the IEA team! Internships in IEA are open to students who:Are enrolled in a full-time degree programme for the duration of the internship in a field or discipline related to the work of the IEAHave an excellent command of English and/or FrenchDemonstrate excellent drafting and communication skillsPossess solid quantitative and IT skillsAre team players, capable of working in a multicultural and international t...
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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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Designing for fairness
Key objectives The IEA convened the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions: Designing for Fairness to develop actionable policy recommendations for energy and climate ministers and international decision makers on how to fully integrate the principle of fairness into the design of all clean energy policies.The Commission is co-chaired by Teresa Ribera, Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, European Commission, and Alexandre Silveira de Oliveira, Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy. It comprises energy, climate and labour leaders from governments around the world, along with high-level representatives from international organisations and labour, Indigenous, youth and civil…
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Critical Minerals Security Programme
Critical minerals have risen rapidly up the policy agenda as a cornerstone of energy and economic security. These minerals are not only crucial for energy technologies but also play a vital role in high-tech industries, aerospace, defence, AI data centres, semiconductors and advanced manufacturing, making them central not only to energy security but also to broader national and economic resilience. The IEA Critical Minerals Security Programme is the Agency’s flagship framework designed to help countries strengthen mineral security. Building on the IEA’s leading analytical capabilities in critical minerals markets and its long-standing experience in safeguarding energy…
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BioFuture Platform International collaborations
Promoting international coordination on the sustainable low-carbon bioeconomy The Biofuture Platform is a government-led, multi-stakeholder initiative designed to take action on climate change and support the Sustainable Development Goals by promoting international coordination on the sustainable low-carbon bioeconomy. It was launched in November 2016 at the COP22 climate talks in Marrakesh.The Biofuture Platform has twenty member countries: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finl...
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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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Japan 2023 International collaborations - G7
IEA Contributions to the G7 The IEA produced a wide range of new analysis on key energy and climate topics for Japan’s Presidency of the G7, including reports on hydrogen, steel, renewables integration and natural gas – as well as contributions on critical minerals, clean energy supply chains, energy efficiency and reducing emissions from road transport.The different analytical outputs are helping inform governments of leading economies ahead of the G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy and E...
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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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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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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 global business, the Business20 (B20) and the...