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Energy indicators and sustainable development: The International Energy Agency approach

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  • Fridtjof Unander

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The International Energy Agency (IEA), together with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN‐DESA, Eurostat and the European Environmental Agency, has recently published a comprehensive joint‐agency overview of energy indicators for sustainable development. The IEA's contribution to this publication is based on the IEA energy indicator approach. This approach has been developed and used by the IEA over a number of years. The indicators advocated by the IEA are relatively disaggregated to allow for meaningful analysis of sustainability issues in the energy sector. Using a decomposition approach helps reveal the causal links between human/economic driving forces, energy use and emissions. This article presents examples of IEA's work with indicators and an overview of the methodology used, including an explanation of the link to sustainable development. It also provides an example of a simplified indicator analysis of India, to illustrate the importance of improved data systems in developing indicators that can provide meaningful policy analysis.

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  • Fridtjof Unander, 2005. "Energy indicators and sustainable development: The International Energy Agency approach," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 29(4), pages 377-391, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:29:y:2005:i:4:p:377-391
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2005.00148.x
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