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Oil security and emergency response
Ensuring quick and effective response to major supply disruptions Ensuring energy security has been at the centre of the IEA’s mission since its creation in 1974, following the oil crisis in 1973. Today, the global oil market remains vulnerable to a wide range of risk factors, including natural disasters, major technical accidents, and geo-political tensions. As oil is expected to remain a major component of global energy demand for the coming decades, particularly for the tran...
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The IEA Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore Structure
The IEA Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore is a milestone in the International Energy Agency’s global engagement. Inaugurated during the IEA’s 50th anniversary year, it is the Agency’s first office outside its Paris headquarters, reflecting Southeast Asia’s growing role in the global energy landscape and the IEA’s commitment to supporting energy security in the region.Southeast Asia is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions where energy demand is also rising...
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Fusion power Technology collaboration
Fundamental and applied research including device-specific research and cross-cutting research such as materials and safety
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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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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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Electricity Technology collaboration
Activities relating to innovation in electricity systems, such as smart grids, demand-side management and superconductivity technology
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Structure
The IEA is an autonomous inter-governmental organisation within the OECD framework Governance The Governing Board is the decision-making body of the IEA. It has a Chair and three vice-Chairs, who, together, compose the Bureau. The administrative Secretariat is led by the Executive Director who is appointed by the Governing Board every four years. The Governing Board is composed of energy ministers or their senior representatives from each IEA Member country. The Governing Board at ministeri...
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Industry Technology collaboration
Enabling greater industrial energy efficiency and supporting innovation for cost-effective industrial technologies and system configurations
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Cross-cutting Technology collaboration
Cross-cutting activities relevant to all energy sectors and sources including modelling, and women’s participation in clean energy
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UNFCCC International collaborations
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Supporting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is central to the IEA’s work to promoting international collective action on climate change. The IEA attends the Conference of the Parties (COP) to provide expert advice and support on all facets of energy policy.This includes:Conveying the latest IEA research and providing countries with information on IEA tools and resources available to support energy transition, thr...