Mind the Gap is an unprecedented attempt to quantify the size of one of the most pervasive barriers to energy … provides energy analysts and economists with unique insights into the amount of energy affected by principal-agent problems …-use appliances) from five different IEA countries, the analysis identifies over 3 800 PJ/year of affected energy use – that is …

World energy demand is surging. Oil, coal and natural gas still meet most global energy needs, creating serious … study underlines the close link between efforts to ensure energy security and those to mitigate climate change. Decisions on … one side affect the other. To optimise the efficiency of their energy policy, OECD countries must consider energy security …

Responding to a Gleneagles G8 Summit request, this book shows how changes in energy efficiency, economic structure …, income, prices and fuel mix have affected recent trends in energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA countries. The results are a … “wake-up call” for us all. Since 1990, the rate of energy efficiency improvement in IEA countries has been less than 1% per …

Mitigating climate change will require profound changes in world energy production and use. While the full effects of … concentrations are almost irreversible. Solutions exist in the form of energy efficiency improvements, fuel switching to non … available in the energy sector to reduce climate change. It explores the type of international agreement that could cope with …

This publication examines how energy efficiency and other factors such as economic structure, income, lifestyle, prices …, and fuel mix have shaped developments of energy use and CO2 emissions in IEA countries since the IEA was founded 30 years … ago. The study presents some challenging findings, e.g. that the rate of energy savings in IEA economies has slowed since …