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Phone: +33 1 40 57 65 00/01
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Email: info@iea.org
http://www.iea.org

The IEA acts as energy policy advisor for its 26 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens. Founded during the oil crisis of 1973-74, its initial role was to coordinate measures in times of oil supply emergencies. But during the last decades, the energy markets have changed, and so has the IEA. It now focuses well beyond oil crisis management on broader energy issues, including climate change policies, market reform, energy technology collaboration and outreach to the rest of the world.

The IEA conducts a broad programme of energy research, data compilation, publications and public dissemination of the latest energy policy analysis and recommendations on good practices.

1. Actor:

   International and regional organisations

2. Sector:

   Appliances, Biofuels, Biogas, Biomass, Buildings, Climate protection (general), Cogeneration, Cooling, District heating systems, Emissions trading, Energy, Energy efficiency (general), Geothermal energy, Heating, Hydrogen / Fuel cells, Marine (wave, tidal) energy, Photovoltaics, Renewable energy (general), Solar thermal energy, Transmission and distribution, Transport, Wind energy

3. Activity:

   Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Worldwide

1. Abstract:

   The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. The IEA was initially dedicated to responding to physical disruptions in the supply of oil, as well as serving as an information source on statistics about the international oil market and other energy sectors. The IEA acts as a policy adviser to its member states, but also works with non-member countries, especially China, India and Russia. The Agency's mandate has broadened to focus on the "3Es" of sound energy policy: energy security, economic development, and environmental protection. The latter has focused on mitigating climate change. The IEA has a broad role in promoting alternate energy sources (including renewable energy), rational energy policies, and multinational energy technology co-operation. IEA member countries are required to maintain total oil stock levels equivalent to at least 90 days of the previous year's net imports. At the end of July 2009, IEA member countries held a combined stockpile of almost 4,300,000,000 barrels (680,000,000 m) of oil. The Executive Director of the IEA is Nobuo Tanaka. The Deputy Executive Director is Richard Jones. On March 11, 2011, Former Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Maria van der Hoeven, was selected as the next Executive Director. She will take the office starting 1 September 2011.

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3. Categories:

   Energy policy, International energy organizations, 1974 establishments, Energy economics, International Energy Agency, Petroleum