The International Energy Agency published its annual flagship publication. The WEO 2009 includes both a Business As Usual Scenario (Reference Scenario) and a new scenario which sets out an aggressive timetable of actions needed to limit the long-term concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million of carbon-dioxide equivalent and keep the global temperature rise to around 2°C above pre-industrial levels (450 Scenario). Through the 450 Scenario, WEO-2009 demonstrates that containing climate change is possible but will require a profound transformation of the energy sector. To achieve this scenario, fossil-fuel demand would need to peak by 2020 and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to fall to 26.4 Gt in 2030 from 28.8 Gt in 2007.
WEO 2009 also provides an in-depth focus on Energy trends in Southeast Asia, with profiles of Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines.
The WEO 2009 Edition is available on: http://www.iea.org/weo/2009.asp