The International Energy Agency after 35 years: Reform needs and institutional adaptability

Graaf, Thijs Van de; Lesage, Dries

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“…Some of these scholars have acknowledged that it is necessary to look beyond the boundaries of such single organizations to fully apprehend the functioning of a specific multilateral energy organization (e.g., Van de Graaf and Lesage, 2009). Victor et al (2006) have gone a step further and have characterized the institutional architecture of global energy governance as a 'regime complex'.…”

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“…The G8 and G20 have also functioned as a sort of megaphone to amplify the IEA's agenda-setting power. Conversely, the G8's 24 interaction with the IEA has created path dependencies (e.g., through built-in agendas) that have kept energy issues longer on the G8's agenda ( Van de Graaf and Lesage, 2009 This was a major blow to the IEA. High-ranked officials from the IEA tried to block the creation of the new renewables agency, which they regarded as an intruder on their turf (Van de Graaf, 2013a).…”

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Organizational Interactions in Global Energy Governance

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2016

Palgrave Handbook of Inter-Organizational Relations in World Politics

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Energy security -that is, the provision of adequate, reliable and affordable energy services to end-users in a socially acceptable and environmentally sustainable way -represents one of the world's foremost challenges. Solving the world's energy problems requires international cooperation. Some energy-related issues, such as high and volatile oil prices and rising carbon emissions, are global public 'bads' that cannot be effectively addressed by individual governments acting alone. 1 Others, such as electricity deprivation in the Global South or the urgent need to research and diffuse breakthrough energy technologies, require the production of global public goods such as knowledge, financing, and standards ( Van de Graaf, 2013b).In contrast to other transboundary issues such as trade or finance, there is no single international venue for energy policy deliberation and coordination. There is no 'World Energy Organization'. Instead, global energy policy is splintered across different international organizations, forums and clubs, creating demands and opportunities for inter-organizational relations. The aim of this chapter is to explore some of these inter-organizational interactions in global energy governance. 2 Starting point is the International Energy Agency (IEA), which is widely recognized as the focal organization in this policy domain (Colgan, 2009;Kohl, 2010;Leverett, 2010;Florini, 2011;Van de Graaf, 2012). After reviewing the policy field and literature, the chapter discusses the IEA's role within the global energy architecture. Then, it studies the interactions 1

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Organizational Interactions in Global Energy Governance

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“…These organizations include the IEA (see e.g. Colgan, 2009;Florini, 2010;Florini and Sovacool, 2009;Kohl, 2010;Leverett, 2010;Van de Graaf, 2012;Van de Graaf and Lesage, 2009), the Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) (see e.g. Colgan, 2014;Gately et al, 2013;Hochman and Zilberman, 2015;Wittmann, 2013) and, to a lesser extent, IRENA (see e.g.…”

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“…For example, the Agency has been dismissed as "for the most part not qualified to represent the interests of renewable energy at the international level" because of its role in advancing the cause of fossil fuels and nuclear power (Hirschl, 2009: 4409). The creation of IRENA can be seen as at least in part a result of the frustration over the IEA's downplaying of the role of renewables ( Van de Graaf and Lesage, 2009). It is undeniable that the IEA's earlier conservative projections for installed capacity (e.g.…”

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Integrating global energy and climate governance: The changing role of the International Energy Agency

2015

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Despite the long-recognized interlinkages between global energy consumption and climate change, there has historically been only limited policy interaction, let alone integration, between the two fields. This compartmentalization is mirrored in scholarship, where much research has focused on the fragmentation of, respectively, global energy and global climate governance, but only little has been said about how these fields might be integrated. Our analysis of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) changing activities in recent years shows that governance integration -both within global energy governance and between global energy and climate governance -is now happening. The IEA has broadened its portfolio to embrace the full spectrum of energy issues, including renewable energy and climate change; it has built and is expanding key partnerships with both the UN climate convention and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); and it has become an authoritative advocate for the inter-related goals of a low-carbon transition and climate change mitigation.We show that these developments are not the result of a top-down plan, but have rather emerged through the Agency's various efforts to pursue its energy-centric mandate in a fastchanging global policy environment.

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“…When IRENA was created, it was promoted explicitly as a counterweight to, and remedy for the failings of, the International Energy Agency (IEA), which is seen by some as a bastion of the fossil fuel and nuclear industries (Kottari and Roumeliotis 2013: 239;Van de Graaf 2013a: 16;Van de Graaf and Lesage 2009). Urpelainen and Van de Graaf (2015: 161) maintain that the creation of IRENA served as ''a salutary shock to the International Energy Agency and other international organizations, which are keen to capitalize on the growing global interest in renewables.''…”

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A place in the Sun? IRENA’s position in the global energy governance landscape

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Reischl

2018

Int Environ Agreements

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The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), created in 2009, is the only intergovernmental organization dedicated to renewable energy. Drawing on several new datasets, this article explores IRENA in the context of three other major international energy organizations: the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Energy Agency and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Through this analysis, several empirical approaches to comparing international energy organizations are tried out. Direct comparison between IRENA other international energy organizations is found to be problematic as each organization is different and comparisons inevitably encounter apples and oranges type issues. The study finds that IRENA's niche in international renewable energy governance is not yet fully carved out, but that the organization's mandate and institutional structure, as well as recent international developments, indicate that it may grow rapidly in importance.

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The International Energy Agency after 35 years: Reform needs and institutional adaptability

Abstract: International Energy Agency, Institutional change, International organizations, Global energy governance, New institutionalism, F53, F55, F59, Q48, Q49,

Cited by 79 publications

References 22 publications

Organizational Interactions in Global Energy Governance

Organizational Interactions in Global Energy Governance

Integrating global energy and climate governance: The changing role of the International Energy Agency

A place in the Sun? IRENA’s position in the global energy governance landscape

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