![The IEA?s focuses on advancing energy efficiency around the world includes sustained efforts to build greater capacity for smart policy-making in emerging economies. (Image source: Michael Schwarzenberger/Pixabay)](/images/IEA_ene_eff.jpg)
The IEA?s focuses on advancing energy efficiency around the world includes sustained efforts to build greater capacity for smart policy-making in emerging economies. (Image source: Michael Schwarzenberger/Pixabay)
Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing ? a trend that has major implications for consumers, businesses and the environment, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)