EC calls for international agreement on energy efficiency

European energy commissioner Andris Piebalgs has called for the development of an international framework agreement on energy efficiency to help establish common approaches to saving energy on a global level.

Mr Piebalgs highlighted the need for a truly multi-lateral partnership for energy efficiency and said that, initially, the agreement would involve member countries of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD.
The proposed agreement could include various areas of cooperation, such as regulatory cooperation, information exchange on energy saving strategies, methods of measurement and research cooperation on energy efficient technologies.

Mr Piebalgs said that the G8 Gleneagles dialogue could function as a governing board for the agreement and that the International Energy Agency (EIA) could play an important role as the executive body charged with studies and monitoring the agreement’s implementation.

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