climate change action

design and development of organization asset zero emissions

<<Doing so requires nothing short of a total transformation of the energy systems that underpin

our economies. We are in a critical year at the start of a critical decade for these efforts. The

26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on

Climate Change in November is the focal point for strengthening global ambitions and action

on climate by building on the foundations of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The International

Energy Agency (IEA) has been working hard to support the UK government’s COP26

Presidency to help make it the success the world needs. I was delighted to co‐host the IEA‐

COP26 Net Zero Summit with COP26 President Alok Sharma in March, where top energy and

climate leaders from more than 40 countries highlighted the global momentum behind clean

energy transitions.>>