\n IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol and Canada\u2019s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson will co-host 11th Annual IEA Global Conference on Energy Efficiency\n <\/p>\n
Many governments around the world are focused on stronger action on energy efficiency as a key policy priority in order to address today\u2019s pressing global energy challenges of ensuring energy security and affordability while reducing emissions. However, IEA analysis has shown that despite this increased ambition, global progress on energy efficiency is slower than in the last decade. This slowdown is locking in greater levels of wasted energy, as well as higher costs and emissions.<\/p>\n
The IEA\u2019s Annual Global Conference is the leading international forum for advancing energy efficiency, bringing together ministers, CEOs and other senior leaders from the civil, finance and business sectors every year, from every corner of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that many governments around the world are implementing policies to boost energy efficiency, but progress is not yet fast enough,\u201d said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. \u201cProviding policy makers with real-world solutions is the goal of the IEA\u2019s Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, and I am delighted that Canada will host the 11th edition. The Canadian government is showing real ambition on energy efficiency, and I thank Minister Hodgson for his leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister Hodgson said \u201cI\u2019m proud to announce that Canada will co-host the International Energy Agency\u2019s 11th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency. Energy efficiency is a cornerstone of Canada\u2019s ambitious clean energy agenda. I look forward to welcoming leaders from across the globe for these important discussions, which are taking place in North America for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Montreal event follows the IEA\u2019s 10th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency, which took place in Brussels earlier this year. 49 governments from around the world agreed at that conference to work together towards faster progress on energy efficiency. In a joint outcome statement, they highlighted several priority areas for action where efforts to double progress this decade will have some of the strongest impacts.<\/p>\n
The IEA will continue to strengthen public-private collaboration on energy efficiency at the Global Conference in Montreal. To help achieve this, the IEA and the Canadian government will be partnering with Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec, a recognised leader in energy efficiency, to help drive industry engagement at the event.<\/p>\n
Claudine Bouchard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec, said \u201cRenewable energy is a precious resource for Qu\u00e9bec, and energy efficiency is at the heart of our strategies. Hosting the 11th Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Montr\u00e9al is a strong recognition of our leadership in this field. This event will be an opportunity to showcase Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s expertise while drawing inspiration from the best international practices. We look forward to contributing to the discussions and mobilizing key stakeholders in Qu\u00e9bec to give momentum towards responsible and innovative energy consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n
The IEA 11th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency will take place on 29 and 30 June 2026. Attendance will be by invitation only, though information produced at the conference will be made available afterwards. For further information please contact efficiency.conference@iea.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol and Canada\u2019s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson will co-host 11th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[273,111,139,69,147],"class_list":{"0":"post-114217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}