IEA to push G8 leaders to commit to energy efficiency: director

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

MADRID (AFP) — The head of the International Energy Agency said Tuesday he would press G8 leaders at a summit next week to adopt commitments to energy efficiency measures as part of the fight against climate change.

"We are recommending that energy efficiency is one of most cost-effective ways for consumer countries," IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka told AFP on Tuesday on the sidelines of the World Petroleum Congress in Madrid.

"We will recommend 25 very specific items of energy efficiency," he added, saying they would range from promoting high tyre pressure to reduce vehicle fuel consumption to installing housing insulation.

"We would like them to adopt these measures and ask the IEA to monitor developments in the future."

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