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Executive Director meets with Prime Minister of Australia to discuss urgent energy challenges facing Asia-Pacific region
Meetings in Canberra amid Middle East crisis also include bilateral with Climate and Energy Minister and address to high-level audience in Great Hall of Parliament House IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol met today with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and other senior government figures in Canberra to discuss the significant energy market challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region due to the war in the Middle East, as well as measures that could help ease pressures on consumers. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict has slowed a significant portion of the world’s oil…
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Executive Director meets with Prime Minister of Japan to discuss energy security amid war in Middle East
At meeting in Tokyo, Prime Minister Takaichi emphasises critical role of IEA and gratitude for Executive Director Birol’s support and advice for Japan’s energy policy making IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol met with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in Tokyo today to discuss the impacts of the war in the Middle East on energy security in Asia and beyond, as well as the IEA’s historic release of emergency oil stocks to counter market disruptions.In the meeting, Dr Birol thanked Prime Minister Takaichi for Japan’s vital support for the collective oil stock release by IEA…
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Nigeria joins the IEA in a major step for global energy governance
Nigeria Association Country Leading energy producer and most populous nation in Africa becomes part of IEA Family, which now represents over 80% of global energy demand The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency has unanimously agreed for Nigeria to join the IEA Family as an Association country, deepening the Agency’s cooperation with Africa’s most populous nation in a major advance for global energy governance.Home to over 240 million people and one of Africa’s largest economies, Nigeria is a major producer of oil and natural gas and is one of the continent’s most dynamic renewable energy…
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Global Energy Review 2026
Background information The Global Energy Review 2026 provides an assessment of the trends that took place in 2025 across the energy sector worldwide, covering all major fuels and technologies, and regions and countries. It combines the latest available data with IEA analysis and insights, providing a full picture of the global energy landscape.The report explores recent developments in energy demand across oil, natural gas, coal, renewables, nuclear power – at both the global and country levels. It also reviews the latest changes in electricity demand and generation, as well as the pace of adoption of energy-related technologies such as…
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Update on IEA collective action decision of 11 March 2026
Oil from the IEA emergency reserves will soon start flowing to global markets
following the
announcement on 11 March
that IEA Member countries will make 400 million barrels of oil available to
the market in response to the
disruptions resulting from the Middle East conflict.
Individual implementation plans have been submitted to the IEA by Member
countries. These plans indicate that stocks will be made available by IEA
Member countries in Asia Oceania immediately while stocks from IEA Member
countries in the Americas and Europe will be made available starting from the
end of March.
IEA Member countries have so… -
Global energy related CO2 emissions from combustion by fuel and region, 2025
Europe China India Indonesia United States Japan Oil Coal Natural Gas
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China's share in rare earth magnet production, 2024
China's share in rare earth magnet production, 2024 Renewables 2025, ES