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Yannick Monschauer
Former Energy Analyst.
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Toril Bosoni
Head of Oil Industry and Markets Division.
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Praveen Bains
Former Energy Modeller, Clean Energy.
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Haneul Kim
Energy Investment Analyst.
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Daniel Morris
Clean Energy Lead, Climate Investment Funds. As the Senior Climate Change Specialist and Clean Energy Lead, he works with the Climate Investment Funds’ partners to help deliver transformational change in the energy systems of developing countries.Daniel’s 12 years of experience in working to build economic and policy solutions to the climate crisis are also derived from his previous roles as an Advisor to the US Executive Director of the World Bank and as a Policy Analyst in the US Treasury. In the latter position, he helped to execute the agency’s responsibilities related to the United States’ climate and energy agenda. Daniel has a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Management, Political Economy of the Environment from the Bren School of Environmental Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Northern Arizona University.
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Sue-Ern Tan
Head of the IEA Regional Cooperation Centre. Sue-Ern Tan is the Head of the IEA Regional Cooperation Centre established in Singapore at the end of 2024. The Office is the first outside of the IEA’s Paris headquarters in its 50-year history and will provide policy guidance, technical assistance, training and capacity building across areas such as scaling-up the deployment of renewables and other clean energy technologies, increasing cross-border power trade, and improving access to finance for clean energy investment.Prior to joining the IEA, Ms Tan worked at Shell plc in senior climate and energy roles at Shell’s headquarters in London and The Hague and most recently in Singapore as the Head of Policy and Advocacy. Ms Tan practiced as a lawyer, worked as Ministerial adviser on energy in the Australian Government and was the Deputy CEO of a minerals trade association in Australia. She graduated from University of New South Wales in Australia with a Commerce and Law Degree and is an Eise...
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Lower Fuel Prices Package
The Lower Fuel Prices (CPN) package includes reducing fuel VAT and excise taxes, and introducing a maximum price at the pump - Poland has introduced maximum retail prices for petrol and diesel. Retailers caught selling above the cap face fines of up to 1 million zloty (€233,000) - Poland has announced temporary reductions in both VAT and excise duty on fuel (petrol, diesel and biocomponents constituting self-contained fuels). The package includes VAT reduction on fuels (from 23% to 8%) and excise duty reduction (lowered to the minimum allowed under EU rules). VAT reduction are foreseen to end on 31.05…
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Biofuels blending mandate
Nigeria’s National Biofuels Policy and Incentives, adopted in 2007, introduced targets for blending biofuels into transport fuels, including a 10% ethanol blend (E10) in gasoline and a 20% biodiesel blend (B20) in diesel by 2020. The policy aims to reduce dependence on imported petroleum products and promote domestic biofuel production from agricultural feedstocks such as cassava and sugarcane. However, implementation of the ethanol blending programme was suspended shortly after introduction due to supply and monitoring challenges, and nationwide blending has remained limited.
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Cost of Living Support Bill 2022
Temporary fuel excise relief: 6 months from 30 March 2022 - 28 September 2022. Excise tax on petrol, diesel and similar petroleum-based products, including oils and grease manufactured or produced in Australia or imported into Australia is reduced by 50 per cent.One off cost of living payment (AUD 250): Providing a one-off, income-tax-exempt payment for energy bills to 6 million eligible pensioners, welfare recipients, veterans and eligible concession card holders in April 2022.
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Fuel Oil Price Mitigation Programme
Japan’s Fuel Oil Price Mitigation Programme provides subsidies to fuel wholesalers and importers to limit increases in retail prices of gasoline, diesel, kerosene, heavy fuel oil and aviation fuel. Introduced in January 2022, the scheme initially provided subsidies of up to approximately ¥5/L when gasoline prices exceeded a benchmark of around ¥170/L, before being expanded in 2022 with subsidy caps raised to around ¥25-35/L as global oil prices surged. The programme was repeatedly extended through 2023-2025 with adjustments to subsidy ceilings and trigger mechanisms to stabilise retail prices. In March 2026, in response to…