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GEF Global E-Mobility Programme International collaborations
About the programme The GEF funded Global E-Mobility Programme was launched at COP26 in 2021 with the IEA as one of the supporting executing agencies. UNEP has the overall responsibility for the Programme that stretches for 6 years with the aim to support low- and middle-income countries with their shift to electro-mobility. The IEA’s role is to lead the development of written and online tools aimed to build knowledge and networks around policies for electric light-duty vehicl...
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Canada 2025 International collaborations - G7
IEA Contributions to the G7 In 2025, Canada holds the Presidency of the Group of Seven (G7), which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the G7. Canada’s overarching G7 priorities as announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney include three areas:Protecting our communities and the world;Building energy security and accelerating the digital transition;Securing the partnerships of the future.The G7 Leaders met in Kananaskis (Alberta) on 15-17 June 2025 (Chair’s Summary). Among several G7 joi...
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Türkiye 2015 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contribution to G20 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol is third from left in the front row. (Photo courtesy of G20 Turkish Presidency, all rights reserved) IEA has played a critical role in supporting the energy discussions under the Türkiye Presidency of the G20 in 2015.IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol delivered keynotes at the G20 conference on Sub-Saharan Africa and Ministerial session on energy investment challenges, and launched the Medium-term Renewables Energy<...
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Mission Innovation International collaborations
Working to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation Mission Innovation (MI) is a global initiative of 24 countries and the European Commission (on behalf of the European Union) working to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable. MI was announced at COP21 on 30 November 2015, as world leaders came together in Paris to commit to seek to double th...
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Transport Technology collaboration
Research and analysis of technologies such as fuel cells, EVs, emission reductions in combustion as well as advanced materials and fuels
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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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Open-access training courses in Energy Efficiency Indicators Training
In addition to the training weeks, the Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Programme hosts open access, self-paced online training courses in Energy Efficiency Indicators: Fundamentals of Statistics and Essentials for Policymaking. The Energy Efficiency Indicators online training courses complement the training weeks by sharing methods and best practices in the development of energy efficiency indicators and the use of indicators for i...
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Designing for fairness
…Clean Energy Transitions hosted by the IEA at its headquarters in April 2024. The IEA acts as the Commission’s main coordinator and administrative body. It also undertakes specific analysis or research as requested by the Commission’s members. Outputs The Commission’s first output, Key policy design considerations for affordable and fair transitions, was launched at the first meeting of the Global Commission, taking place directly before the G20 Energy Transitions Ministerial programme in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. This helped elevate key issues explored by the Commission, which was followed by the approval of the Principles for Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions by…
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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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Data-Driven Electrification in Africa
…policies that leverage both centralised and decentralised energy solutions. Improving electricity access data in sub-Saharan Africa In an effort to drive more informed, focused and impactful policy programs, the IEA has worked to refine and improve electricity access data by providing more robust, standardised and comprehensive data collection guidelines. The IEA has been monitoring global energy statistics and tracking global electricity access data since 2000. Currently, we estimate 600 million people in Africa lack reliable electricity access. Although steady progress has been made to reduce this number, the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2022 energy crisis reversed this trend…