• Policy

        • Bangladesh

        • 2004

        National Energy Policy

        This policy underscores the importance of maintaining emergency petroleum stocks to ensure energy security during supply disruptions. The strategic stock of petroleum products is to be maintained at 60 days of consumption.

        • Policy

        • Japan

        • 2022

        2022 Comprehensive emergency measures to address soaring crude oil and commodity prices

        …JPY 6.2 trillion direct government spending package at the end of April 2022, financed by a JPY 2.7 trillion FY2022 supplementary budget, as well as government reserve funds.It includes: -transport fuel (eg gasoline, diesel, heavy oil all aviation fuels, and a special subsidy to taxi companies), through a subsidy scheme targeting oil refining companies; -subsidies to help SMEs face the rise in energy and other raw material price; -subsidies for low income & vulnerable households and subsidies for low-income families (JPY 50,000 /child); -transfers to subnational authorities in the form of Extraordinary Regional Revitalization Grants…

        • Policy

        • Ukraine

        • 2023

        Law on Minimum Stocks of Oil and Petroleum Products

        The Law on Minimum Stocks of Oil and Petroleum Products implements the European Union’s Directive 2009/119/EC and lays out a specific legal framework concerning the protection of Ukraine's energy supply by stockholding oil and other petroleum products. The volume of minimum reserves of oil and petroleum products is maintained by operators and market entities assigned by the government authority.

        • Policy

        • Czech Republic

        • 1999

        Act No. 189/1999 on Emergency Oil Stocks

        …189/1999 regulates the method of creating, maintaining and using emergency stocks of oil and oil products, intended to mitigate or overcome emergencies arising from their shortage, procedures for resolving emergencies and the tasks of state administration bodies and bodies of territorial self-government units in this area. The State Material Reserves Administration hold the responsability to create and maintain stocks. The government is authorised to limit the consumption of crude oil and petroleum products by limiting the maximum speed of vehicles, the use of some types or categories of vehicles on specific days or for specific kinds of transport…

        • Policy

        • Cote D'ivoire

        • 1983

        Decree on safety stocks of petroleum products

        This decree sets the framework for emergency stocks of oil and petroleum products. Mandatory stocks are held and managed by PETROCI, a public agency with the federal State as sole shareholder.

        • Policy

        • Sweden

        • 2006

        Commission on Oil Independence: Final Report, Targets Published

        The final report of a national commission set up in 2005 "to present a concrete strategy to break Swedens dependence on oil by 2020" outlines measures aimed at securing long-term energy supply, reducing climate impact and making better use of energy resources from forestry and agriculture. Targets proposed by the Commission on Oil Independence include improvements in overall energy efficiency of at least 20%, 40-50% cuts in the use of petrol and diesel in road transport, 25-40% less oil in industry, and a complete phase-out of oil used in the heating of residential and commercial buildings…

        • Policy

        • Indonesia

        • 2020

        Incentives for biodiesel

        …B20, and B30 mandatory program). Funds are collected from levies on palm oil exports and managed by the Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS). A portion of the collected funds are used to offset the difference in price between biodiesel and fossil diesel. The calculation to determine the levy has changed significantly over the years between flat rate and progressive rates linked to the price of palm oil. The total amount distributed depends on the difference in price between biodiesel and fossil fuels as well as the target blend rate for biodiesel. BPDPKS provided IDR 28.01 trillion in…

        • Policy

        • South Africa

        • 2022

        2022 General Fuel Levy freeze & reduction

        In order to cushion domestic consumers and the national economy from the effects of oil price rise, the South African government decided in February 2023 to freeze the general fuel levy on petrol and diesel.A month later, this support was enhanced with a temporary reduction in the general fuel levy of ZAR 1.50/ litre, enacted from April until the end of May 2022. 

        • Chart

        • 24 Feb 2026

        Population without access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa by scenario, 2010-2050

        Population without access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa by scenario, 2010-2050 clean cooking

        • Programme

        Clean Energy Transitions Programme

        …at the IEA's Ministerial Meeting, 15 IEA member countries and the European Union endorsed a Joint Commitment through which they pledged to provide an annual funding stream of EUR 20 million to the IEA's CETP through 2030, with the goal of supporting clean energy investment in emerging economies and accelerating the global transition to net zero emissions. CETP annual reports Download CETP analysis Three pillars of the CETP Accelerating national transitions, multilateral co-ordination and enabling global energy dialogue Pillar I, or accelerating nation transitions, is the core of the programme’s work and receives the largest budget…

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