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The 25 IEA energy efficiency policy recommendations to the G8 Gleneagles Plan of Action

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  • Jollands, Nigel
  • Waide, Paul
  • Ellis, Mark
  • Onoda, Takao
  • Laustsen, Jens
  • Tanaka, Kanako
  • de T'Serclaes, Philippine
  • Barnsley, Ingrid
  • Bradley, Rick
  • Meier, Alan

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The imperative to pursue energy efficiency improvements is clearly on the political agenda at all levels of governments. This paper explores the lessons from past attempts at galvanising international efforts to expand energy efficiency activities through the use of international-level recommendations. Drawing on these lessons, the paper outlines the IEA response to the call for policy advice on energy efficiency through the G8 Gleneagles Plan of Action. Specifically, the paper outlines a 'necessary conditions' framework that was used to develop a set of energy efficiency policy priorities and describes the subsequent recommendations presented to the G8 in Hokkaido-Toyako Summit in 2008. The recommendations cover 25 fields of action in seven priority areas: buildings, appliances, lighting, transport, industry, energy utilities and cross-sectoral issues. Together, the suite of recommendations sets out an ambitious road map for global energy efficiency improvement. If implemented globally without delay, they could save around 8.2Â GtCO2/yr or 96Â EJ/yr by 2030. This is equivalent to roughly twice the current total EU energy-related CO2 emissions.

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  • Jollands, Nigel & Waide, Paul & Ellis, Mark & Onoda, Takao & Laustsen, Jens & Tanaka, Kanako & de T'Serclaes, Philippine & Barnsley, Ingrid & Bradley, Rick & Meier, Alan, 2010. "The 25 IEA energy efficiency policy recommendations to the G8 Gleneagles Plan of Action," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(11), pages 6409-6418, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:11:p:6409-6418
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