International Energy Agency
(IEA)
A forum of 28 countries set up in 1974 to promote energy security and to provide authoritative research on the energy supply. According to a 2012 report of the IEA, on current trends greenhouse gas emissions will double from 2009 to 2050, suggesting a global temperature increase of 6oC.
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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