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        Association countries Membership

        A new era of international energy co-operation The activation of Association in 2015 marked an important milestone in the IEA’s engagement worldwide, reflecting several years of concerted efforts on the part of IEA member countries, partner countries and the Secretariat, and opening doors to a new era of international energy co-operation.According to the Joint Declaration, Association is "a progressive relationship that will have an evolving nature and that will serve as a basi...

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        Designing for fairness

        …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 G20 Energy Ministers…

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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 ...

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        Clean Energy Ministerial

        Encouraging and facilitating the transition to a global clean energy economy The Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) is a high-level global forum to promote policies and programs that advance clean energy technology, to share lessons learned and best practices, and to encourage the transition to a global clean energy economy.Initiatives and campaigns are based on areas of common interest among participating governments and other stakeholders. The 29 participating CEM Members are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, the European Commission (on behalf the European Union), Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland…

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        Global Methane Engagement Programme

        The Global Methane Engagement Programme is the IEA’s principal initiative for stakeholder engagement on abatement of methane emissions from the energy sector. Building on the IEA’s leading analysis on methane abatement from fossil fuel operations, the Global Methane Engagement Programme develops opportunities for cooperation and exchange on methane abatement among key stakeholders, including government officials, regulators, industry representatives and international partners at the global, regional and country-level.The IEA’s work under the Programme is supported by the annually updated Global Methane Tracker that provides the most comprehensive overview of global and national methane emissions levels, abatement…

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        Internships Careers

        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 intern...

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        Finance Industry Advisory Board Structure

        Enabling more structured dialogue with the energy finance community The Finance Industry Advisory Board (FIAB) was convened by the International Energy Agency to facilitate a structured dialogue with the energy finance community on a range of issues affecting energy investment, in particular as they relate to clean energy transitions.The FIAB brings together representatives of leading actors in the world of energy finance, including banks, as...

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        Transport Project Partnership

        …the analysis of all aspects of mobility. This work has two main components:
        A database updated every year to link vehicle activity data with energy demand.
        A set of models used for the elaboration of future projections (scenarios) updated every year. IEA transport modelling currently projects activity for all the major fuel-consuming transport sub-sectors: road, rail, shipping and aviation.
        The Transport Project Partnership allows for:
        Access to the IEA transport database and modelling results, including detailed transport-related results of core IEA scenario modelling developed for IEA publications such as the World Energy Outlook (WEO) and the Energy…

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        Clean Energy Transitions Programme

        …enabling environment for energy transitions, while maintaining a goal of improving peoples’ lives and well-being.In 2022, at the IEA's Ministerial Meeting, 15 IEA member countries and the European Union endorsed a Joint Commitment through which they pledged to provide an annual funding stream of EUR 20 million to the IEA's CETP through 2030, with the goal of supporting clean energy investment in emerging economies and accelerating the global transition to net zero emissions. CETP annual reports Download CETP analysis Three pillars of the CETP Accelerating national transitions, multilateral co-ordination and enabling global energy dialogue Pillar…

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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 vehicles and charging in...

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