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Energy Efficiency 2025
Market Report Energy Efficiency 2025 is the IEA’s primary annual analysis on global energy efficiency developments, showing recent trends in energy intensity and demand, investment, employment and policy. The report provides sector-specific analysis on industry, buildings, appliances and transport and explores system-wide themes such as emissions reductions, energy security, affordability and competitiveness. This report is launched in parallel with an update to the IEA Energy Efficiency Progress Tracker, which can be accessed through the IEA website.
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World Energy Employment 2025
The World Energy Employment (WEE) report series provides comprehensive tracking and analysis of the global energy workforce, including estimates of its size and distribution across regions, sectors, and technologies. It also assesses how energy labour requirements evolve to 2035 across all IEA scenarios.The WEE 2025 – the fourth edition – examines how skilled labour needs and shortages have changed since the series first highlighted these issues in 2022, and explores their implications for education and training systems, wages, policy, and the global buildout of energy infrastructure. This year’s report introduces, for the first time, detailed occupation-level estimates that offer…
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IEA launches tracker to monitor policy responses to energy market impacts of Middle East conflict
…by governments to conserve energy and protect consumers from rising prices, as governments respond to supply disruptions and increased volatility, notably in markets for crude oil, oil products and liquefied natural gas (LNG).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. Global supply of LNG has also been reduced by around 20% as a result of the situation.The IEA’s new tracker presents two main categories of action: measures aimed at conserving energy and those designed…
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Tackling methane emissions would strengthen energy security amid crisis
…energy security benefits of abatement measures.The Global Methane Tracker 2026, out today, presents the IEA’s latest estimates for methane emissions from the energy sector, based on the most recent data from satellites and measurement campaigns. It also explores different abatement options, along with their associated costs. The report’s findings are being launched today at an international high-level event on methane action convened by France’s G7 Presidency in Paris.In recent years, many countries and companies have announced efforts to reduce methane emissions as part of efforts to limit near-term global warming and improve air…
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Portugal 2026 Energy Policy Review
…promoting secure and clean energy transitions. It also promotes the exchange of best practices among countries to foster learning, build consensus and strengthen political will for a sustainable and affordable energy future.A ação governamental desempenha um papel fundamental para garantir transições energéticas seguras e sustentáveis. A política energética é essencial não só para o setor energético, mas também para o cumprimento de objetivos ambientais, económicos e sociais. Os governos devem responder às necessidades específicas dos seus países, adaptar-se aos contextos regionais e contribuir para enfrentar os desafios globais. Neste contexto, a Agência Internacional de Energia (AIE) realiza Revisões…
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People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions
…areas Convening Mobilising diverse stakeholders from and beyond traditional energy and climate domains is core to the programme. The IEA Clean Energy Labour Council brings together representatives of the world’s most important national trade unions and confederations, the IEA Gender Advisory Council facilitates the exchange of best practices between IEA Family governments on gender equality and inclusion, and the People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions webinar series, with 1-2 webinars organised per month with key international experts, explores relevant topics such as citizen engagement, skills development, social inclusion etc. Best practices The programme aims to facilitate best practice knowledge sharing and learning on…
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IEA releases major update to tracker of government responses to energy impacts of Middle East conflict
…gas exports from the region. While many governments have adopted different policy measures in response to the resulting energy crisis, including steps to increase global supplies of oil and natural gas, the tracker focuses on demand-side actions to conserve energy or support consumers.The latest update further expands the tool. In addition to identifying actions to conserve energy or protect consumers in the short-term, the tracker now also highlights structural policies introduced in response to the crisis that look to enhance longer-term resilience – such as those aimed at enhancing energy efficiency or electrification. This includes countries that…
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New podcast episode looks at changes in the global car industry and the implications for energy
…episode features insights from IEA Energy Technology Analysts Elizabeth Connelly and Leonardo Paoli – the lead authors of a recent report on this subject. They unpack the structural trends – examining the underlying drivers, assessing the potential implications for the energy sector and beyond, and discussing how competitiveness can be sustained in this market context, while noting there is no one-size-fits-all approach.The IEA’s Everything Energy podcast offers fresh perspectives on a wide range of global energy issues through conversations with IEA experts.Previous episodes cover the vast potential of geothermal energy, nuclear energy’s comeback, energy and AI…
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Cement
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Electrolysers
Country and regional highlights
Progress is spread across different continents, from China, which leads on installed capacity, to the European Union, which have adopted important policies, and other regions like India and the Middle East moving forward with a small number of large-scale projects
Technology deployment
Global installed electrolyser capacity reached 1.4 GW at the end of 2023, almost double the one at the end of 2022
Technology manufacturing
Innovation
Policy
Investment
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