Delighted to host Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs & Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani Alsawad 🇮🇶 at International Energy Agency HQ in Paris today

We discussed further strengthening IEA-Iraq cooperation as well as recent developments in global energy markets

A major International Energy Agency report out today shows that the transition to net zero emissions would mean lower energy costs globally than if we continue on our current path

Scaling up clean technologies is good for affordability as well as for cutting emissions

More: iea.li/4aM2zNn

New International Energy Agency analysis on #SUVs with Apostolos Petropoulos: SUVs made up 48% of global car sales in 2023, with shares increasing in both advanced & emerging/developing economies. SUVs accounted for >20% of last year's annual growth in global energy-related CO2. iea.org/commentaries/s…

🗣 “In 2023, there were more than 360 million SUVs on the roads worldwide, resulting in combustion-related CO2 emissions of 1 billion tonnes”

More from Laura Cozzi & Apostolos Petropoulos on how rising SUV sales are impacting efforts to reduce emissions 👉 iea.li/4bzKXph

SUVs are setting new sales records each year — & so are their emissions

If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s 5th largest emitter of CO2

Read more in our new commentary on what this means for efforts to reach energy & climate goals ➡️ iea.li/3V1wgVb

SUVs accounted for almost half of global car sales in 2023, a new record reflecting the shift to larger cars

The trend has big implications for the climate, with SUVs accounting for over 20% of the growth in global energy-related CO2 emissions last year: iea.li/3UV4HNb

'The combination of solar PV and batteries is today competitive with new coal plants in India.

'And just in the next few years, it will be cheaper than new coal in China and gas-fired power in the US,' says IEA chief Fatih Birol

Coverage via ETEnergyWorld

energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable…

🗣️ 'At our 9th Annual Energy Efficiency Conference, which is for the first time taking place in Africa, we have 60+ countries represented, [...] more than 550 attendees. It is a great satisfaction for us'

Fatih Birol's remarks at our conference in Nairobi ➡️ iea.li/44YwyjV

This week in Abu Dhabi, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed presented IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol with the country’s highest civil decoration, citing International Energy Agency’s major contributions on guiding governments towards successful outcomes at COP28

Read more 👉 iea.li/4dT9oje

We'll hold a webinar to delve deeper into the key findings of the Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024. You can register through the link below, it'll be interesting!

On the sidelines of the International Energy Agency 9th Annual Global Conference on #EnergyEfficiency in Nairobi, held a bilateral meeting with the Executive Director of International Energy Agency Fatih Birol. We discussed the deepening of Kenya - IEA relationship and cooperation on energy efficiency and clean cooking.

Honoured to receive from UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed the country’s highest civil decoration for providing substantive input & helping to bring countries from around the world together to reach the COP28 #UAEConsensus

I share this honour with my IEA colleagues.

Very pleased to open International Energy Agency's 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Nairobi, the 1st ever in Africa, with over 60 countries & 550 participants

Honoured to be joined by 🇰🇪 Deputy President H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH Gachagua & Minister of Energy Davis Chirchir, EGH & other leading figures

Today, around 1 billion people in Africa cook their meals over open fires & basic stoves

Our Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa convened close to 60 countries, along with companies & development institutions, mobilising $2.2 billion to tackle this health, gender & energy issue ⬇️

Delighted that Le Monde in its editorial today examines the vital issues raised at our Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa – adding to the widespread international media coverage

We're glad to have brought more attention to this often overlooked injustice in the world of energy

The new Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024 is out! It's a full update of the current state-of-play and all the projections for energy transition minerals, with many novel elements. Please check this out!
iea.org/reports/global…

Heartfelt thanks to my Co-Chairs Fatih Birol Executive Director of International Energy Agency, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and African Development Bank Group’s Akinwumi A. Adesina for successfully organizing the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa and for elevating this important agenda for our people. I also

Mary Robinson on the outcome of the Clean Cooking Summit convened by the International Energy Agency in Paris this week:

“It was an honour to attend the IEA Clean Cooking Summit in Paris this week and co-chair a discussion with the Foreign Minister of Tanzania. Clean cooking is essential to improving

Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2024 comes out tomorrow!

It explores the latest price, investment & production trends for the minerals vital for many clean technologies

And it examines risks to the security & sustainability of mineral supply chains 👉 iea.li/44LToeP

Our Summit on Clean Cooking Africa mobilised $2.2 billion in new financial pledges to tackle this major inequity
 
Read the key outcomes 👇
 
Press release: iea.li/3UHhqTq
High-Level Declaration: iea.li/3UAV5Xu
Chairs' Summary: iea.li/3ygvPOO