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Podcast episode
The IEA’s largest ever emergency oil stock release
The global oil market is facing the most severe disruption in its history, with the war in the Middle East largely halting energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade chokepoint. In response to this disruption, IEA Member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency stocks – the largest collective action since the Agency’s founding more than 50 years ago. In this special episode, IEA Director of Energy Markets and Security Keisuke Sadamori puts the stock release in context and answers key questions about the decision and its implementation.
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Event
30 Jun 2026
11:00
High-level panel: AI for efficiency
A panel discussion that examines the range of promising new AI tools that are being harnessed worldwide as a positive tool for unlocking new routes to energy efficiency.
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Policy
Luxembourg
2017
National energy efficiency action plan (IV)
The 4th national energy efficiency action plan based on the directive 2012/27/CE on energy efficiency and services, with energy efficiency targets until 2020: 49.292 GWh of final end energy consumption compared to 52.085 GWh in 2005.
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Chart
18 Sep 2025
Electricity demand in the Middle East and North Africa, 2000-2035
Africa Middle East
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Chart
26 Mar 2026
Average global levelised cost of selected materials and energy related regional variation, 2024
Steel
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Chart
18 Sep 2025
Share of households in peak cooling demand by driver in the Middle East and North Africa, 2023-2035
Share of households in peak cooling demand by driver in the Middle East and North Africa, 2023-2035 Electricity MENA
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Chart
23 Jun 2026
Share of electric cars in total car sales in selected ASEAN countries, 2015-2025
Asia Pacific Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam Electric Vehicles