• Policy

        • European Union

        • 2014

        2030 Climate and Energy Framework

        EU countries have agreed on a 2030 Framework for climate and energy, including EU-wide targets and policy objectives for the period between 2020 and 2030. These targets aim to help the EU achieve a more competitive, secure and sustainable energy system and to meet its long-term 2050 greenhouse gas reductions target.Targets for 2030:a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levelsat least a 27% share of renewable energy consumptionat least 27% energy savings compared with the business-as-usual scenario Policies for 2030:To meet the targets, the European Commission has proposed:A reformed…

        • Policy

        • Italy

        • 2013

        Energy efficiency target declared by Italy under the EU Directive (2012/27/EU)

        Italy declared to reduce 20 Mtoe of primary energy by 2020 and 15 Mtoe of final energy by 2020 under the EU Directive (2012/27/EU).

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        • Ukraine

        • 2025

        National Energy and Climate Plan of Ukraine 2025-2030

        The National Energy and Climate Plan of Ukraine sets the policies and measures milestones for the decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security and market reforms for the next five years. 

        • Chart

        • 23 Oct 2025

        The global midstream and downstream battery supply chain, 2024

        Critical Minerals

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2024

        Action plan for large-scale equipments renewal and trade-in of consumer goods

        The State Council issued the Action plan for large-scale equipments renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, stating that by 2027, continuously enhance the utilisation technology of waste non-ferrous metals,strengthen research and application of extraction technologies for rare and precious metals,timely refine import standards and policies concerning retired power batteries, recycled materials, and other related aspects,the amount of scrapped cars recycled will be nearly doubled compared to 2023, the volume of used car transactions will be increased by 45% compared to 2023, andthere will be more than 30% growth in the amount of recycled household…

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        • Malaysia

        • 2023

        Hydrogen Economy & Technology Roadmap

        The hydrogen roadmap goes together with the national energy transition roadmap as one of the key levers to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Targets include the phase-out of fossil-based hydrogen, 3.3 Mtpa of renewable hydrogen, and 3 hubs by 2050. The roadmap aims at positioning Malaysia as a leading Hydrogen Economy Country by 2050. This initiative is based on five main factors:-Increasing revenue and productivity in exports, mobility, power generation, industrial heating and non-energy;-Promoting green growth aspirations in transportation sector;-Cementing Malaysia’s position as the key hydrogen player in Asia Pacific;-Creating job…

        • Policy

        • People's Republic of China

        • 2016

        THE 13TH FIVE-YEAR PLAN FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (2016-2020)

        Comprised of 20 Parts, the 13th five-year plan is divided into 20 sections, of which the following relate to energy: NEW SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATIONAN OPTIMIZED MODERN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMMODERN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS NETWORKSNEW URBANIZATIONDEVELOPMENT COORDINATED BETWEEN REGIONSECOSYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENTRelevant to energy efficiency are various measures, including:"100, 1,000, 10,000" energy conservation initiative to the top 100 energy consuming enterprises and top 1,000 energy consuming enterprises on the provincial government level and other high energy consuming sectors to reduce energy consumption facilitate energy management;Water conservation to supress usage below 670 billion cubic centimeters and encourage…

        • Policy

        • Australia

        • 2015

        Australia's Energy Productivity Target

        40% improvement in the  ratio of economic output (GDP) to primary energy use compared to baseline year  of 2015.

        Source: National Energy Productivity Plan

        • Policy

        • Estonia

        • 2021

        Estonia 2035 : development plans and planning

        Estonia laid out an ambition plan to foster its RDD sector to better promote its strategic goals, including tackling climate change.

        The goal is to increase the innovation and RDD capabilities of Estonian entrepreneurship , which contributes to productivity and international competitiveness, including attaining climate neutrality, optimising air-quality, securing energy supplies, increasing the share of renewable energy, particularly offshore wind. The government also aims at the gradual reduction of the share of oil shale in the energy mix.

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        IRENA International collaborations

        International Renewable Energy Agency The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation that supports countries in their transition to a sustainable energy future, with a specific focus on renewable energy. In 2019, the IEA and IRENA further enhanced existing cooperative efforts between the two organisations by signing a Memorandum of Understanding that builds upon a previous agreement signed in 2012.The two agencies have a long-standing collaboration on data...

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