The latest climate science and rapidly changing energy markets indicate the need to rapidly shift away from fossil gas, yet the IEA mistakenly presents gas as compatible with a decarbonized future. This policy brief brings together the latest energy market research with the need for reform of the World Energy Outlook.
Sustainable Development Scenario
New Briefing: IEA Ignores Climate Reality with Industry-Friendly Outlook for Gas
With its over reliance on natural gas, the IEA’s World Energy Outlook (WEO) promotes an energy scenario that will exhaust a 1.5°C carbon budget by the early 2030s.
The IEA Comes Up Short on Climate (Again)
Today’s release of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2018 marked another missed opportunity for the International Energy Agency (IEA) to provide a roadmap to Paris success.
Explainer: IEA Scenarios and the Paris Goals
How the International Energy Agency’s Sustainable Development Scenario doesn’t match up to the Paris goals, and how the IEA can change it (2 years ago it nearly did!)
Off Track: IEA Briefing for Investors
How the IEA Guides Energy Decisions Towards Fossil Fuel Dependence and Climate Change
OFF TRACK: The IEA and Climate Change
How the International Energy Agency Guides Energy Decisions towards Fossil Fuel Dependence and Climate Change
International Energy Agency Undermining Governments’ Climate Goals
The IEA is steering the energy system towards catastrophic levels of warming. It continues to promote an energy future headed for around 3 degrees of warming, and acts as if the Paris Agreement never happened