Energy Efficiency Gains Ground Despite Lower Energy Prices

摘要

As governments focus on implementing their commitments to save energy and reduce carbon emissions under the recently ratified Paris agreement, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) highlights the progress made by energy efficiency policies around the world over the past year, particularly in China and other emerging economies. The rise of energy efficiency in the global energy transition is examined in IEA's Energy Efficiency Market Report 2016, which finds that its importance cannot be overstated. IEA notes there can be no realistic or affordable energy and climate change policy without a sizeable and vigorous energy efficiency component.