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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 transportation sector,...
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History of the IEA Mission
From oil security to steering the world toward secure and sustainable energy transitions At the heart of the global dialogue on energy security and clean energy transitions, the International Energy Agency is the world’s leading energy authority. We provide reliable and comprehensive data, analysis, and policy recommendations with the goal of shaping a secure, sustainable and affordable energy future for all while meeting the climate change objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement.The IEA was foun...
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EU4Energy
…on legislative and regulatory frameworks and on key energy infrastructure investments to the countries of the Eastern Partnership, via the Energy Community Secretariat and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER). Country energy profiles Explore more Roadmaps and summary brochures for policy makers EU4Energy statistics training Ukraine's winter energy security plan Building robust and flexible energy policies Today’s energy policy landscape is shaped by the need to prepare for an uncertain future. To ensure decisions made today remain relevant and effective in the long term, governments must adopt a scenario-based approach supported by robust energy system modelling…
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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 basis for higher level...
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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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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 Market Report in the 2...
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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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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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African Union International collaborations
Promoting the socio-economic development of Africa The African Union (AU), created in 2002, consists of 55 African member states. It aims to promote the socio-economic development of Africa and address the challenges posed by globalization.Based on a history of collaboration, the IEA and the AU agreed in 2018 to a strategic partnership towards a more secure, sustainable and clean energy future for countries across the African continent through a memorandum of understanding. Eradic...
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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...