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China 2016 International collaborations - G20
IEA Contribution to G20 IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol is third from right in the back row. (Photo courtesy of the EU Commission, all rights reserved) The IEA has played a critical role in supporting the energy discussions under the China Presidency of the G20 in 2016. The IEA participated in, among other, the NEA IGU Natural Gas day on 29 June and G20 Ministerial on 30 June.The first IEA's report dedicated to energy efficiency in China was launched at the G20 Energy Effici...
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Coal
…likely to remain broadly unchanged to 2027 as underlying structural drivers of the world’s coal use remain stable.
Global coal demand increased to a new all-time high in 2024 of around 8.8 billion tonnes, up 1.5% from 2023, as rising consumption in China, India, Indonesia and other emerging economies more than offset declines in advanced economies in Europe, North America and northeast Asia. However, several of those trends reversed in the first half of 2025 as demand declined in China and India; by contrast, coal use grew by around 10% in the United States. Even so…