Work from home, avoid air travel to deal with higher energy prices: International Energy Agency

IEA suggests working from home and avoiding air travel to mitigate rising energy prices amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran.

The International Energy Agency (IEA), which this month agreed a record ​release of oil from strategic stockpiles to deal ‌with the effects of the U.S-Israeli war ​with Iran, outlined on Friday ⁠(March 20, 2026) proposals to ease oil price pressures on consumers, such as working-from-home and avoiding air travel.

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The U.S-Israel war ‌with Iran has driven up energy prices, causing concerns over inflation ‌across the world. The IEA said its ‌proposals ⁠were actions that governments, businesses and ⁠households could take to ease the pain on consumers from the recent spike up in energy prices.

The ​IEA said such ‌proposals included working from home, reducing highway speed limits by at least 10 km per hour, and avoiding air travel ‌if other means of transport were available.

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"We ​have recently launched the largest ever release of IEA emergency oil stocks – ⁠and I am in close contact with key governments around the world, including major ‌energy producers and consumers, as part of our international energy diplomacy," said IEA executive director Fatih Birol in a statement.