World Energy Outlook 2012
About this report
Industry and government decision makers and others with a stake in the energy sector all need WEO 2012. It presents authoritative projections of energy trends through to 2035 and insights into what they mean for energy security, environmental sustainability and economic development. Oil, coal, natural gas, renewables and nuclear power are all covered, together with an update on climate change issues. Global energy demand, production, trade, investment and carbon-dioxide emissions are broken down by region or country, by fuel and by sector. Special strategic analyses cover: what unlocking the purely economic potential for energy efficiency could do, country-by-country and sector-by-sector, for energy markets, the economy and the environment; the Iraqi energy sector; the water-energy nexus, as water resources become increasingly stressed and access more contentious; and measures of progress towards providing universal access to modern energy services. There are many uncertainties; but many decisions cannot wait. The insights of WEO 2012 are invaluable to those who must shape our future.