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Romania makes formal request to join the IEA as a Member country
…Minister of Foreign Affairs Oana-Silvia Țoiu and Minister of Energy Bogdan-Gruia Ivan.“I welcome Romania’s request to join the IEA, which once again underscores the Agency’s strong international standing and its role as the global energy authority,” said Dr Birol. “From my meetings with Romanian leaders, it is clear that they are deeply committed to improving energy security, affordability and sustainability, and understand the powerful role of international collaboration in meeting those objectives.”The formal request follows Dr Birol’s visit to Bucharest in November 2025, during which he met with Romania’s President Dan Nicușor…
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Joyce Raboca
Legal and Regulatory Analyst.
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Methane emissions from the oil and gas sector in the Middle East and North Africa, 2025
Africa Middle East Methane Abatement
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Ivo Walinga
China Programme Officer.
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António Guterres
Secretary-General.
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Key lessons from Ukraine can inform energy resilience planning worldwide
…planning; deploying physical “hardening” measures to protect infrastructure; building comprehensive emergency response capabilities; ensuring effective emergency communication mechanism to reach citizens; leveraging decentralisation and distributed energy resources, which are easier to restore when damaged; maintaining emergency oil stocks as a buffer; standardising and stockpiling critical equipment; treating data as a strategic asset; embedding cyber resilience into all aspects of system planning and operations; and building mechanisms for swift and effective cross-border collaboration.In each case, the report provides a snapshot of what Ukraine has done and delivers practical recommendations that policymakers and regulators elsewhere can take into consideration, based…
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IEA’s third Energy Innovation Forum spotlights accelerating innovation as a catalyst for global competitiveness
…who chaired the IEA Ministerial Meeting. “As a trading country with a strong industrial base and energy sector, our competitiveness is strongly driven by accelerating clean energy technologies that strengthen security, keep energy affordable and reduce emissions. The Netherlands is committed to working closely with the IEA to turn innovation into scalable solutions.”“Energy innovation gives countries more tools to tackle the complex challenges they face, from strengthening energy security and reducing emissions to enhancing competitiveness and improving affordability,” said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, who opened the Forum together with Deputy Prime Minister Hermans. “Holding the third edition of…
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Lan Huong Hoang
Analyst.
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Global Methane Tracker 2026
Background information Around the world, many countries have made reductions in methane emissions a policy priority as part of their efforts to limit near-term global warming and improve air quality. The energy sector – including oil, natural gas, coal and bioenergy – accounts for more than one-third of methane emissions from human activity and has some of the best opportunities to cut these emissions. The annually updated Global Methane Tracker provides essential data on methane emissions across the energy sector and the opportunities to bring them down.The Tracker presents the IEA's latest sector-wide emissions estimates – based on…