8 March 2011: Addressing the Windsor Energy Group (WEG) annual consultation to UK policy-makers, Richard Jones, International Energy Agency (IEA) Deputy Executive Director, underscored the role of energy efficiency in addressing climate change.

While discussing the required changes in power sector, such as “aggressive investments” in nuclear, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and renewables, Jones underlined that energy efficiency is the key to radically reducing emissions. He highlighted the multiple political goals improving efficiency would achieve, focusing on climate change and energy security. Jones also pointed to the findings of IEA’s publication “Energy Technology Perspectives 2010,” which examines the least expensive method of halving energy-related carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. [IEA Press Release] [Climate Change Policy and Practice Story on the Publication “Energy Technology Perspectives 2010”]