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Clean energy transitions
Global leadership to accelerate the shift to clean energy
The IEA provides reliable and up-to-date data, rigorous analysis, and effective policy recommendations and real-world solutions to help governments and industry meet their climate goals, improve energy access and reduce air pollution. The IEA is especially focused on the next decade as a critical period of action, to ensure a sustainable recovery and build the basis for reliable and sustainable energy systems.
The energy sector underpins all aspects of modern societies, but is also responsible for a large majority of global greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. The IEA helps governments, industry and other top decisionmakers from around the world to accelerate clean and just energy transitions, ensuring more sustainable, resilient, affordable and secure energy for all.
In February 2020, the IEA Executive Director called for a grand coalition – including governments, industry, financial institutions, international organisations and civil society – to ambitiously meet climate goals. The agency held its first IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit – with Ministers from over 80% of the global economy – in July 2020, as well as a series of ministerial-level meetings on clean energy and economic recovery, investments for secure and sustainable energy systems, Africa and Latin America.
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Clean Energy Transitions Programme
The IEA's Clean Energy Transitions Programme (CETP) leverages the IEA’s unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to accelerate global clean energy transitions, particularly in major emerging economies. CETP activities include collaborative analytical work, technical cooperation, training and capacity building and strategic dialogues.
Key reports
Events
13 Jan 2021 16:00—16:45
IEA Speaker Series with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed
20 Nov 2020 14:00—15:00
WEO week: Investing in clean energy transitions
19 Nov 2020
India launch of Energy Technology Perspectives 2020
01 Oct 2020 14:00—17:00
Energy Efficiency – An Ace up the sleeve for energy transitions
News
IEA calls on companies, governments and regulators to take urgent action to cut methane emissions from oil and gas sector
Global discussion highlights priorities for improving diversity and inclusion in the energy sector
IEA to produce world’s first comprehensive roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050
Chairs' Summary for the AUC-IEA Second Ministerial Forum
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Commentary
Carbon emissions fell across all sectors in 2020 except for one – SUVs
Commentary
Net zero by 2050 plan for energy sector is coming
Commentary
A policy framework for accelerating sustainable energy transitions in heavy industry
Commentary
As we mark the Paris Agreement’s 5th anniversary, we continue to expand our work on energy and climate
Report
Tracking Clean Energy Innovation
A framework for using indicators to inform policy
Country report
Clean Energy Transitions in North Africa
Statistics report
CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion: Overview
An essential tool for analysts and policy makers