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IEA defends its energy forecasts which ‘steer world towards massive fossil fuel growth’

Last week, some 50 leading scientists, NGOs, investors, politicians and energy experts wrote to the International Energy Agency (IEA) to criticise the world’s top energy body for not aligning its energy forecasts with the latest climate science.

Business leaders, investors, and experts to IEA: Align with Paris and help us plan for success

Today, over 40 business leaders, investors, and energy experts found remarkable alignment around demanding more from the IEA. In a letter covered by the Financial Times, a broad collection of signatories called on the IEA to develop a truly Paris-aligned scenario.

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!)

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

The International Energy Agency’s New Climate Scenario: At Last, a Step Towards Paris

Today the IEA finally released an energy forecast that aims for a greater chance of avoiding climate catastrophe. It is crucial that the IEA now retire its outdated 450 Scenario, and instead focus on how to keep warming well below 2ºC and aim for 1.5ºC.

EIA AEO 2016 Early Release: a quick overview

We give a quick overview of the EIA's early release of the AEO 2016, and recommend you take their advice. This is not a forecast.

Forecasting Failure

The Energy Information Administration should help, not hinder, policymaking on the energy transition - a critique of the International Energy Outlook 2016