IEA’s 2026 Ministerial Meeting Was Its Most Consequential

The IEA has done much excellent work in the past half century. With demand for all forms of energy certain to grow into the foreseeable future the IEA should have a key role to play in informing global society what is actually happening today and what is realistically likely to happen in the future. The days when aspirational, unrealistic, scenarios were hugely influential in guiding energy investment decisions are over. If the IEA listens to its critics, this will mean that that the U.S. and other governments continue to support it. I hope this is the case.