From 1st- to 2nd-Generation
Biofuel Technologies
28 November
The current debate over biofuels produced from food crops has pinned a lot of hope on “2nd-generation biofuels” produced from crop and forest residues and from non-food energy crops. This report, produced jointly with IEA Bioenergy, examines the current state-of-the-art and the challenges for 2nd-generation biofuel technologies. It evaluates their costs and considers policies to support development and deployment.
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Oil Market Report released to the public
27 November
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Indonesia In-Depth Policy Review
21 November 2008
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12th Symposium of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology
Seoul, 20 November
Speaking at a press conference alongside Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said that achieving significantly lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions will require a global transformation of the energy sector. He noted that while this would be difficult, it remained possible and was essential for addressing climate change and ensuring the global energy security.

14th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and 4th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP 14/COP MOP 4)
1-12 December 2008

Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Netherlands, 2008 Review
2 February 2009


Call to Not Delay Greenhouse Measures
Attending the Clean Energy Council conference IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka urged countries such as Australia not to delay greenhouse measures due to the global financial crisis. "The global financial crisis should not delay measures to mitigate climate change because the cost will only get higher in the future," he said and warned oil prices could soar after the financial crisis and urged governments to spend some of their fiscal stimulus on renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
The Australian, 26 November 2008
No Signs Yet of EU Carbon Leakage
Author of a new study on carbon leakage, IEA analyst Julia Reinaud said “The EU Emissions Trading System has not, so far, triggered observable carbon leakage in sectors studied.” The paper looked at the first phase of the EU ETS from 2005 to 2007 and examined the steel, cement, aluminium and refinery sectors. It urges caution both in devising measures to combat carbon leakage and in concluding that no measures are necessary, as leakage may have been blurred due to free allocation of allowances.
Europolitics, 29 October 2008
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