IEA calls for car-free Sundays to mitigate global oil supply crisis – The National

IEA calls for car-free Sundays to mitigate global oil supply crisis – The National

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The International Energy Agency on Friday urged governments to enact measures including car-free Sundays to cut global oil consumption within months following supply fears stemming from Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The agency also called on the Opec+ group of oil-producing nations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia to help “relieve the strain” on markets, while saying that the world is facing the biggest shock to supply “in decades".