The International
Energy Agency, based in Paris, is an autonomous
agency linked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD). The IEA is the energy forum for
28 Member countries. IEA
Member governments are committed to taking joint measures to meet oil
supply emergencies. They have also agreed to share energy
information, to co-ordinate their energy policies and to co-operate
in the development of rational energy programmes.
Objectives:
- To maintain and improve systems
for coping with oil supply disruptions;
- To promote rational energy policies
in a global context through co-operative relations with non-Member
countries, industry and international organisations;
To operate a permanent information system on the
international oil market;
To improve the world's energy supply and demand structure by
developing alternative energy sources and increasing the
efficiency of energy use; To assist in the integration
of environmental and energy policies.
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Thirty
Years On:
The Agency celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2004. Its core missions
remain unchanged, but it has extended its activities in many directions. Today
the IEA Secretariat
has become the authoritative
source for energy statistics worldwide
publishes the indispensable
monthly Oil Market Report and the influential biannual World Energy
Outlook
reports regularly on the
energy policies of its Member states and those of selected non-Members
provides Member countries
and the public with a steady stream of information and analysis
on the rapidly changing world of energy
actively reaches out to non-Member
countries whose role in the world economy and world energy markets
is rapidly growing
plays a leading role in the
international effort to combat climate destabilisation
stimulates
the development and deployment of new energy technologies through
a vast network of Implementing Agreements
Background
Documents:
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