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01 April 2021 Share Focused collaboration must be at the heart of international efforts on climate change so that this decade can be one, not of deliberation, but of delivery, COP26 President Alok Sharma said at the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit yesterday. The following is an abridged version of his opening address to delegates. "In 2015, the world came together and forged the Paris Agreement and we established a shared goal to limit average global temperature rises to below 2 degrees and closer t...

News First meeting of Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions brings together energy and climate leaders 15 March 2021 The first meeting of the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions took place today, bringing together more than 20 high-profile energy and climate figures from around the world to discuss how to empower citizens and communities to navigate the changes of a rapidly evolving energy sector. The Glob...

The first meeting of the Global Commission on People-Centred Clean Energy Transitions took place today, bringing together more than 20 high-profile...

The IEA Executive Director, Dr Fatih Birol, held a bilateral meeting with the new US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, on 10 March to discuss the...

Mobilising Clean Energy Investment The panels will be co-chaired by Ministers from governments including Canada, China, Denmark, India, Indonesia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. During the closing plenary session, leaders will reflect on the major priorities for action in the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow and the subsequent IEA Ministerial Meeting, and on how to strengthen the international clean energy architecture going into 2022 and beyond. The Summit will prov...

Press release Energy and climate leaders from US, China, EU, India and other key economies to boost clean energy momentum at IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit 12 March 2021 Top international energy and climate leaders from the world’s largest economies will take part in the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit on 31 March to accelerate the momentum behind clean energy and examine how countries can work together more effectively to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to ...

The IEA Executive Director, Dr Fatih Birol, met with the new US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, on 1 March to discuss ways to...

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World

Executive Director and US Climate Envoy John Kerry discuss US-IEA collaboration on urgent actions to drive down emissions - News from the International Energy Agency

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. After hitting a low in April,...