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IEA releases major update to tracker of government responses to energy impacts of Middle East conflict
Online tool provides comprehensive survey of policies to promote energy conservation, support consumers and improve structural resilience – and now allows users to easily search for specific countries The International Energy Agency has published a major update to its Energy Crisis Policy Response Tracker, a new interactive online tool that monitors government actions taken in response to the energy market impacts of the conflict in the Middle East.The conflict, which began on 28 February, has significantly impeded energy trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market and throttling natural gas exports…
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Tracking Energy Crisis Policy Responses
Background information The conflict in the Middle East has dealt a major shock to global energy markets. The near closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered the largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets, alongside significant impacts on supplies of natural gas and other energy-related commodities. As concerns over supply security have grown, prices have risen across several parts of the energy system, increasing pressure on household budgets, public finances, and economic activity more broadly.Many actions are being taken to bolster oil supply, including the largest-ever release of emergency oil stocks coordinated by the…
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Share of population that can afford grid electricity by region per IEA basic bundle
Investment Electricity
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Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies
The need for more and better energy efficiency is more pressing than ever Energy efficiency plays a critical role in addressing climate change, energy security and the economic welfare of people. The E4 programme has pioneered the IEA’s work with major emerging economies since 2014, supporting Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa at a country-level and in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa at a regional-level. The programme supports exchanges and cross-learning between partner countries and regions, helping countries build, implement and monitor effective energy efficiency.Against the…
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Impacts of Middle East conflict set to reshape energy investment plans as disruptions put focus on security
Electricity and diversification are driving growth in energy spending with countries seeking to respond to 2nd energy crisis in 5 years with new routes and domestically available resources The far-reaching effects of the conflict in the Middle East are prompting countries and companies to rethink energy investment strategies in response to heightened concerns over energy security and the reliability of trade flows, according to a new IEA report.The 2026 edition of the IEA’s annual World Energy Investment report highlights that the current energy crisis, stemming from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, is changing risk…
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The Value of Demand Flexibility: Benefits beyond balancing
Background information This webinar will present the key findings of the IEA policy brief: The Value of Demand Flexibility: Benefits beyond balancing, developed under the Digital Demand-Driven Electricity Networks (3DEN) Initiative, an inter-agency collaboration between the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security and the United Nations Environment Programme.As electricity demand rises and power systems become more decentralised and renewable-rich, and electrified in this ‘Age of Electricity’, managing when and how electricity is used is increasingly as important as expanding supply.Demand flexibility, the ability to adjust electricity consumption in response…
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Building-level Electricity Access and Demand Model
A tool to estimating electricity access and demand at the building level in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Building-level Electricity Access and Demand Model is an open-source model developed through a collaboration between the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). By integrating ground-truth electricity consumption data, high-resolution satellite imagery, geospatial datasets, and AI, this model provides accurate estimates of electricity access status and demand for individual buildings across sub-Saharan Africa.This tool leverages the BEACON and LItLDF models, as outlined in Lee, S.J., Multimodal Data Fusion for Estimating Electricity Access and…
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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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Electricity demand growth from new uses, 2013-2035
Electricity demand growth from new uses, 2013-2035 WEO 2025