Is the ‘net zero’ climate agenda dead? Energy institute’s consequential 2026 meeting

The International Energy Agency (IEA) held its biennial meeting of energy ministers in Paris last week. Usually, this is a worthy occasion with little accompanying controversy. This time, it was very different. The event was the biggest in the Agency’s history reflecting the growth in its membership in the past decade and the increased scope of its work. The most attention-grabbing aspect of the event was the continued insistence by the U.S. that the IEA change course away from a bias towards...