The International Energy Agency (IEA) is not yet done with the pressure from the Trump administration. “A big part of their job is to be, as I call it, the 53e climate defense organization »was annoyed on Tuesday, February 17, by the visit of the American Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, to Paris. The traditional ministerial meeting of this institution, whose headquarters are in the French capital, opens on Wednesday. An ideal platform for Donald Trump’s minister, a loyal advocate of his ‘completely fossil’ line. And the opportunity to raise the stakes around the AIE.
The agency, established at the initiative of Washington in the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis to secure the energy supply of rich countries, lost sight of its mission, according to Chris Wright. Every year, this offshoot of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development publishes long-awaited hypotheses about the future of energy demand. The last edition, at the end of 2025, was marked by the return of a scenario abandoned for years. It’s called ‘Current Policies’ and envisions a world that will be greedy for hydrocarbons in the coming decades.
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