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BIG NEWS: In May, we'll publish the world's 1st comprehensive roadmap for the energy sector to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
Watch 's press conference at 14:30 CET for more details ➡️ iea.li/3bqW6fW
Read his op-ed in today's ⬇️
🚨 Only 1 day to go until the launch of our #NetZero2050Roadmap 🚨
The report explores what needs to happen to the energy sector to turn ambitious climate pledges into real emissions reductions.
More on the modelling → iea.li/3fkSnAP
Watch the launch LIVE 👇
Tomorrow, we’ll launch our new Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All, developed with
It explores the challenges & opportunities for delivering clean cooking solutions to the 2.3 billion people globally who lack them
Watch the LIVE launch from 11:00 CEST ⬇️
Building reliable, modern energy systems in Africa can generate lasting benefits for energy security, economic & social development and efforts to combat climate change.
Deep collaboration between African countries & international partners will be key ⬇️
We just released World Energy Outlook 2021!
Our flagship report shows that a new global energy economy is emerging, but not yet quickly enough to reach net zero by 2050.
Explore the #WEO21 analysis, available on our site for free ⬇️
🔴 WATCH NOW | is opening the first session of the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit - the year’s largest global gathering on energy & climate
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This morning we launched our #NetZero2050Roadmap, a key contribution to the conversation on how to reach climate goals ➡️ iea.li/3hDv2x5
Watch the launch event 🔴 LIVE with , & ⬇️ iea.li/3hxtGDY
Tomorrow, we’re releasing World Energy Outlook 2021 📢
Join our Executive Director and the report’s lead authors, & , LIVE as they launch #WEO21 and explore its key findings.
Watch along from 10:30am CEST ⬇️ iea.li/3BBPqFY
World Energy Outlook 2022 is out now! 🚨
#WEO22 shows that the global energy crisis can be a historic turning point towards a cleaner & more secure future.
Explore the key findings ⬇️
This year at , governments have a key opportunity to send an unmistakeable signal that they’ll turn climate pledges into actions.
World Energy Outlook 2021 - out tomorrow - provides rigorous analysis to show the world the actions needed to reach net zero emissions by 2050.
Tomorrow, #COP26 President & our Executive Director will co-host the IEA-COP26 #NetZeroSummit.
This key milestone on the road to Glasgow will bring together top international energy & climate leaders from around the world.
Watch LIVE from 12:00 CEST 👇
🔴 WATCH NOW | The opening session of the IEA-COP26 #NetZeroSummit is starting now!
Join top international energy & climate leaders for vital discussions on turning net zero ambitions into reality at this critical moment for our planet ⬇️ iea.li/3whJuQb
Nuclear power has avoided about 55 Gt of CO2 emissions over the past 50 years, nearly equal to 2 years of global energy-related CO2 emissions.
This underlines the important role nuclear power can play in clean energy transitions.
→ iea.li/2MxHi23
Mexico officially joins IEA as 30th Member Country iea.org/newsroom/news/
Renewables 2022 comes out tomorrow! 🚨
It explores the huge role renewable energy is playing in the response to the global energy crisis & how to further accelerate deployment.
Join IEA’s & lead author for the LIVE launch from 11:00 CET ⬇️
This week, our Executive Director visited Beijing, where he received one of China’s highest academic honours for foreign nationals
He also met with key government leaders to discuss how to work more closely with 🇨🇳 on energy & climate issues ⬇️
Tomorrow, we’re releasing our new Special Report on Coal in Net Zero Transitions
Tune in for the LIVE launch event where Executive Director & lead authors & will present the key findings
Watch live from 11:30 CET ⬇️
Our #NetZero2050Roadmap is out now! 📢
This landmark report shows that major government actions are needed immediately to ensure the opportunity of net-zero emissions by 2050 is not lost.
Explore the report & data, available on our site for free ➡️ iea.li/3hDv2x5
🚨 This morning we released our #NetZero2050Roadmap.
Don't miss this thread from our Executive Director running through the key findings 👇
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The @IEA just released the world’s first comprehensive roadmap for the global energy sector to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Our special report shows the pathway to net zero by 2050 is narrow but still achievable if governments act now.
The report 
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Solar PV is becoming the new 👑 of electricity.
It's set to add more new capacity than any other technology every year for decades. In our Sustainable Development Scenario, solar generates 13 times as much electricity in 2040 as it did last year ➡️ iea.li/3jUkx6Y
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🗣 “There are some tough challenges ahead, especially this winter. But that doesn’t mean Russia is winning or that efforts to tackle climate change are doomed”
In his new article, IEA Executive Director debunks 3 myths about the current crisis ⬇️
The path to net zero emissions globally will be harder & more expensive without nuclear.
Employing less nuclear power than envisioned on our #NetZero pathway would cost consumers $20 billion more a year through 2050 👉 iea.li/3ruPRP4
39% of all new cars sold in Norway 🇳🇴 in 2017 were electric, giving the country the largest market share of #ElectricVehicles in the world.
Iceland 🇮🇸 follows at 11.7%, then Sweden 🇸🇪 at 6.3% bit.ly/2O3h9WU
We just released Renewables 2022! 📢
It shows renewable power’s growth is being turbocharged as countries seek to strengthen energy security amid today’s crisis.
Explore the key findings ⬇️
🔴 WATCH NOW | We're live from the launch of World Energy Outlook 2020 - our flagship report mapping out the choices & uncertainties the 🌎 will face as we enter a crucial 🔟 years for energy.
Explore the key findings: iea.li/34MHjY2
📺⬇️ #WEO20 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
Tomorrow, we’re releasing World Energy Outlook 2022 🚨
Tune in for the LIVE launch event where IEA Executive Director & #WEO22 lead authors & will present the key findings.
Watch along from 11:00 CEST ⬇️
Hydropower and nuclear power are the 2️⃣ largest sources of low-carbon generation today.
Maintaining their role in power generation could save jobs and keep emissions from rebounding after the recovery ➡️ iea.li/3hdDkd2
By 2024, we forecast that 8️⃣ countries will produce over 30% of their electricity from wind & solar PV, up from 4️⃣ today.
More 👉 bit.ly/2P6VbGi
Encouraging to see Colombia making advances in hydrogen under the leadership of 🇨🇴 Minister
Hydrogen can play an important role in clean energy transitions & ensuring energy security around the world
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Día histórico para la #TransiciónEnergética
, con la puesta en operación de los primeros 2 pilotos de hidrógeno 
y el primer vehículo impulsado por este energético. La transición y la descarbonización de la economía #EsConHechos. ¡El futuro energético de es hoy!
, con la puesta en operación de los primeros 2 pilotos de hidrógeno y el primer vehículo impulsado por este energético. La transición y la descarbonización de la economía #EsConHechos. ¡El futuro energético de es hoy!
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The declining cost of #renewables & innovative off-grid business models are transforming the way #energy access is delivered, especially in rural areas bit.ly/2zxZ9Q2
Top global energy & climate leaders came together at yesterday’s - #NetZeroSummit to identify how to work together to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions & meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Watch it back: iea.li/3rHvegj
Read more ⬇️
In a sign of great progress, over 120 million people worldwide gained access to electricity in 2017. This means that for the first time ever, the total number of people without access fell below 1 billion bit.ly/2SyM94k
39% of all new cars sold in Norway 🇳🇴 in 2017 were electric, giving the country the largest market share of #ElectricVehicles in the world. Iceland 🇮🇸 follows at 11.7%, then Sweden 🇸🇪 at 6.3% bit.ly/2IYM8kQ
Over just a few years, technology advances have enabled offshore wind turbines to become MUCH bigger & more powerful.
Further tech improvements could see 15-20 megawatt turbines close to the height of on the market by 2030.
Read more -> bit.ly/2ofQWx6
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39% of all new cars sold in Norway 🇳🇴 in 2017 were electric, giving the country the largest market share of electric cars in the world. Iceland 🇮🇸 follows at 11.7%, then Sweden 🇸🇪 at 6.3% bit.ly/2yYxny8
🗣 “If all countries were to adopt the kind of measures recommended by LiFE, it would save consumers globally around $440 billion in annual energy bills”
In his new op-ed for , highlights key lessons the world can take from India's LiFE initiative ⬇️
🗣 “Today Canada becomes the first country to answer the International Energy Agency’s call for a 75% oil & gas methane reduction goal.”
🇨🇦 PM at today’s Global Methane Pledge launch. Watch the event back in full ➡️ iea.li/3w9dtu4
70% of Denmark’s 🇩🇰 electricity generation is expected to come from variable renewables by 2022.
Explore more findings from our renewables report 👉 bit.ly/2neuLTS
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The global energy crisis is hurting households, businesses & economies worldwide, and it’s important to separate fact from fiction.
In a new article, IEA Executive Director debunks 3 myths about the current crisis ⬇️
70,000 #solar panels will be installed every hour 🕒 around the world over the next 5 years. Read more 👉 bit.ly/2E5uysE
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We just released Global EV Outlook 2022! 🚘
Our new analysis shows global electric car sales powered through 2021 & have remained strong so far in 2022, despite strains on global supply chains.
Explore the key findings → iea.li/3lMBqmN
In a sign of great progress, over 120 million people worldwide gained access to electricity in 2017. This means that for the first time ever, the total number of people without access fell below 1 billion bit.ly/2SFXYG0
🗣️"When this crisis passes, the world economy will bounce back. Emissions must not.”
Don’t miss this piece from in Prospect magazine on making the economic recovery from #Covid19 an environmentally sustainable one → iea.li/2UAFxnK
Renewables’ growth so far this year is much faster than first expected, as governments take advantage of their energy security & climate benefits.
China leads the way in capacity additions, while expansion is accelerating in Europe, India & Latin America: iea.li/3wthA4E
Global investment in clean energy is on course to rise to $1.7 trillion in 2023.
And for the first time ever, solar is set to attract more capital than oil production this year.
This reflects the changing tide in the energy world → iea.li/44msaK2
Denmark remains a global leader in decarbonising its economy & is on track to meet its ambitious goal of becoming a low-carbon economy by the middle of the century bit.ly/2GZpmsF
Once the immediate health crisis is behind us, there's no more important task facing the energy world than to plan for a recovery that achieves maximum economic impact, creates jobs, and results in much cleaner & more resilient energy systems.
More 👉 iea.li/2Y6uLJk
Sweden is a global leader in building a low-carbon economy, with the lowest share of fossil fuels in its primary energy supply among all IEA member countries, and the second-lowest carbon-intensive economy bit.ly/2I7PTru
Missed today's historic IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit with Ministers representing almost 80% of global energy consumption? 🌍
Watch back the entirety of the Summit in this thread, starting with the opening session ⬇️ twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1
Our interactive map highlights 700 existing & planned offshore wind projects around the world, and maps the global potential for future projects.
Explore it here → bit.ly/2JmjVGW
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The declining cost of #renewables & innovative off-grid business models are transforming the way #energy access is delivered, especially in rural areas bit.ly/2oxzkci
Global investment in clean energy is on course to rise to $1.7 trillion in 2023.
And for the first time ever, solar is set to attract more capital than oil production this year.
This reflects the changing tide in the energy world → iea.li/3ISieQj
#Renewables surpassed coal to become largest source of global #electricity capacity in 2015, our latest report shows bit.ly/2eqcK4l
#Renewable electricity will grow more than a third by 2022, twice as large as the growth of gas & coal combined: bit.ly/2yozxGa
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Our new report on The Future of #Hydrogen is out now. The key takeaways:
• Hydrogen has unprecedented momentum
• It can help tackle critical energy issues
• But it needs to overcome big challenges
• Steps taken now can help scale it up for the future
bit.ly/2MO0qeE
A global energy crisis is emerging, triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Our new 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use sets out practical actions to ease market strains & reduce pain from high prices.
Explore the 🔟 actions → iea.li/3IlmWTI
"While the world is becoming more energy efficient, strong global growth is offsetting those gains. As a result, we are consuming more energy & emitting more CO2."
Read more from analysts Kevin Lane & Armin Mayer on why efficiency should always come first bit.ly/2QWFRKt
30,000 #solar panels will be installed every hour around the world over the next 5 years. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/2eknflT
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70,000 #solar panels will be installed every hour 🕒 around the world over the next 5 years. Read more 👉 bit.ly/2FbyZmB
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Global investment in clean energy is on course to rise to $1.7 trillion in 2023.
And for the first time ever, solar is set to attract more capital than oil production this year.
This reflects the changing tide in the energy world → iea.li/3q7ozAS
Denmark remains a global leader in decarbonising its economy & is on track to meet its ambitious goal of becoming a low-carbon economy by the middle of the century bit.ly/2GWRey2
Energy supply depends on water. Water supply depends on energy. And this interdependency of water and energy is set to intensify in the coming years 👇 bit.ly/2Dl668C
• Why does bitcoin use energy?
• How does bitcoin use energy?
• How much energy is bitcoin using today?
IEA analyst George Kamiya explores these questions in his latest commentary bit.ly/2M8faD0
Renewables are on track to overtake coal as the largest source of global electricity by early 2025
And by 2027, solar PV alone is set to be the largest source of power capacity, confirming it as the king of global electricity markets ⚡️
Learn more 👉 iea.li/3UCRrua
The cost of generating electricity from distributed solar PV systems is already below retail electricity prices in most countries.
Our latest forecast shows these costs declining a further 15% to 35% by 2024.
→ bit.ly/31zFoT8
Over 1m electric cars were sold in 2017 – a new record – with more than half of global sales in China. The total number of electric cars on the road surpassed 3m worldwide, an expansion of over 50% from 2016 bit.ly/2zlSgDE
Newly installed solar PV & wind capacity is set to save consumers in the European Union €100 billion from 2021-2023
Wholesale electricity prices in Europe would have been 8% higher last year without the additional renewable capacity 👉 iea.li/3ISQtXL
Renewables are on track to overtake coal as the largest source of global electricity by early 2025
And by 2027, solar PV alone is set to be the largest source of power capacity, confirming it as the king of global electricity markets ⚡️
Learn more 👉 iea.li/3Q5xLP9
The IEA-COP26 #NetZeroSummit is today!
This key milestone on the road to Glasgow in November will help bridge the gap between climate ambitions & meaningful emissions reductions.
Watch along LIVE from 12:00 CEST 👉 iea.li/3dqpwdH
The world is set to add over 440 gigawatts of renewable power capacity this year.
This is a huge jump from last year & more than double what was added in 2019.
More in our latest Renewable Energy Market Update → iea.li/43zok06
70% of Denmark’s electricity generation is expected to come from variable #renewables by 2022 bit.ly/2z4XA9x
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Today’s climate pledges would result in only 20% of the emissions reductions necessary by 2030 to put the world on a path towards #NetZero by 2050.
Reaching that path requires clean energy investment to more than triple over the next decade 👉 iea.li/30oet1G
#WEO21
Sweden is a global leader in building a low-carbon economy, with the lowest share of fossil fuels in its primary energy supply among all IEA member countries, and the second-lowest carbon-intensive economy bit.ly/2UZvzOS
Get ready! World Energy Outlook 2020 comes out Tuesday.
#WEO20 explores the potential energy futures that lie ahead, depending on the duration of the #Covid19 crisis, its economic & social impacts and policy responses around the 🌏 → iea.li/3ls8IoT
39% of all new cars sold in Norway 🇳🇴 in 2017 were electric, giving the country the largest market share of #ElectricVehicles in the world. Iceland 🇮🇸 follows at 11.7%, then Sweden 🇸🇪 at 6.3% bit.ly/2J4gB0V
Which countries had the highest shares of wind & solar PV in electricity generation in 2018?
👉 bit.ly/2IM5sny
The Irish electricity system can already accommodate up to 65% of variable wind and solar generation, without risking security of supply.
This is one of the highest shares globally, and a testimony to the country’s innovation and research capacity bit.ly/2V3sdug
The world consumes 65% more coal today than it did in the year 2000. And our just-released report forecasts global demand will remain broadly stable over the next 5 years.
Explore the key findings ⬇️ iea.li/3b3LIs3
The path to net zero emissions globally will be harder & more expensive without nuclear.
Employing less nuclear power than envisioned on our #NetZero pathway would cost consumers $20 billion more a year through 2050 👉 iea.li/3Nui29v
Our 10-Point Plan to Reduce the European Union’s Reliance on Russian Natural Gas is out now!
It shows how measures implemented this year could bring down gas imports from Russia by over one-third.
Learn more ⬇️
Electricity generation from #renewables was second only to #coal in 2017, and ahead of gas for the third year in a row bit.ly/2k5SpjS
The declining cost of #renewables & innovative off-grid business models are transforming the way #energy access is delivered, especially in rural areas bit.ly/2vMInK7
🔴 WATCH NOW | We’re live from Paris for the 2022 #IEAMinisterial Opening Plenary
Global energy leaders from across the world are coming together to discuss how to accelerate global action on clean energy and energy security ⬇️ iea.li/3NbeERI
🗣 “We need to build a grand coalition of governments, industry & civil society who genuinely want to tackle climate change”
IEA's spoke with at #wef23 following his conversations there with government leaders, business CEOs, climate activists & more ⬇️
Over 1m electric cars were sold in 2017 – a new record – with more than half of global sales in China. The total number of electric cars on the road surpassed 3m worldwide, an expansion of over 50% from 2016 bit.ly/2JPeiDD
🚨 This morning we released our new 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use.
Don't miss this thread from our Executive Director running through the key findings ⬇️
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In the face of the emerging global energy crisis set off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our new 10 Point Plan to Cut Oil Use proposes actions to
ease market strains
reduce the price pain being felt by consumers
lessen the economic damage
More: iea.li/3u4QYGc
ease market strains
reduce the price pain being felt by consumers
lessen the economic damage
More: iea.li/3u4QYGc
The full picture of energy in 2018 👇
⚪Oil bit.ly/2CFzDJV
⚪Gas bit.ly/2CywBqT
⚪Coal bit.ly/2CBjZPS
⚪Renewables bit.ly/2CFTN6q
⚪Electricity bit.ly/2CFTOY2
⚪Efficiency bit.ly/2OqqKIN
⚪Emissions bit.ly/2COENDF
In the first quarter of 2018, Solar & Wind contributed more than 10% of all OECD electricity generation & overall #renewables more than a quarter, our latest detailed data shows
In PDF: bit.ly/2ImeAvU
In Excel: bit.ly/2MijBYJ
In 2016, the world would have used 12% more energy had it not been for energy efficiency improvements since 2000 – equivalent to adding another EU in the global energy market bit.ly/2GGCTYI
While remaining the dominant fuel, oil’s share fell from 44% in 1971 to 32% of global energy supply in 2016.
Read more highlights from the latest edition of World Energy Balances 👉 bit.ly/2Mz7Odl
The future is electrifying, with low-carbon technologies on the rise & electricity demand set to grow at twice the pace of energy demand as a whole. But what will tomorrow’s power sector look like?
🗓 Learn more in #WEO18, out 13 November 2018 👉 bit.ly/2JMkgBC
The oil & gas industry had a record cash windfall in 2022 due to high fuel prices
But most of this has gone to dividends, share buybacks & debt repayment, rather than into energy investments. Only a small fraction has been spent on clean technologies 👉 iea.li/439l8Iw
We just released Global EV Outlook 2021, which shows accelerating momentum despite the pandemic
After a 40% rise over the whole of 2020, electric car sales more than doubled in the 1st quarter of 2021 from the same period a year earlier
Our report 👉 iea.li/3t9fsvv
Wind energy is set to become the EU's largest power source in the late 2020s, overtaking coal, nuclear & gas.
Explore more findings from #WEO18 👉 bit.ly/2SEozFZ
2016 was another record year for renewable #energy, with solar leading the charge. Read more: bit.ly/2ypYpxb
