By John Lee. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued its flagship report, World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2025, emphasising: "In a volatile world, energy security takes centre stage. Pressing threats and longer term hazards are elevating energy to a core issue of economic and national security. Energy is at the heart of today's geopolitical tensions, […]
By John Lee. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its National Climate Resilience Assessment for Iraq: Key Climate Trends Iraq's warming rate (0.48°C per decade) exceeds the global average (0.37°C). Projected temperature rise: 2.5°C (low-emissions) to 5.6°C (high-emissions) by 2100. More extreme weather: Increased droughts in the north, heavier rainfall in the south. Growing […]
By John Lee. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued its Gas Market Report, Q1-2025, in which it describes Iraq's progress towards reducing gas flaring as, "slow but steady." It says: "In the Middle East the role of natural gas in the power sector has been increasing in the past decade and oil-to-gas switching continued […]
By Ali Al-Saffar, Middle East and North Africa Programme Manager at the International Energy Agency (IEA), for 1001 Iraqi Thoughts. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Powering Iraq: Why Electricity is key to Peace, Stability and Prosperity It does not have to […]
Iraq Business News would like to recommend an excellent and informative webinar from the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC)'s Young Executives Network (YEN), featuring a discussion with Ali Al-Saffar, the Middle East and North Africa Program Manager at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. Ali shared his insights on "The importance of oil and […]
