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About the Coal Industry Advisory Board

The Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB) is a group of high level executives from coal-related industrial enterprises, established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 1979 to provide advice to the IEA on a wide range of issues relating to coal.

Currently, CIAB Members (normally about 45) are drawn from 20 countries accounting for over 85% of world coal production. Members also represent major electricity producers, together with other coal consuming industries and coal related organisations. Mr. J. Brett Harvey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, CONSOL Energy Inc, is the CIAB Chairman and is supported by an Executive Committee.

Members meet annually and their Associates actively progress the CIAB work programme throughout the year. The CIAB is supporting the IEA in delivering its responses on climate change, clean energy and sustainable development, as well as advising on issues for coal relevant to world energy security.

The CIAB provides a wide range of advice to the IEA, including through its workshop proceedings, publications and papers. In its role as adviser to the IEA the CIAB has provided a statement on “The Role of Coal in the Post 2012 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Agreement”, outlining the key elements that it believes governments must include in the new agreement if it is to successfully enable the world’s use of coal to be compatible with greenhouse gas reduction objectives. In 2010, the CIAB also produced a report "Power Generation from Coal: Measuring and Reporting Efficiency Performance and CO2 Emissions" as an aid to asessing information on the energy efficiency of coal-fired power generation.

The CIAB also summarises recent coal market and policy developments, together with its policy advice to the IEA, in an annual ”International Coal Market and Policy Developments” report.

The proceedings of CIAB annual Plenary meeting discussions and workshops are available here. The most recent discussion session reports are:

"Global Value of Coal: a study of coal’s socio-economic value", "Coal’s Role in a Diversified Energy Future", "Low emission Energy Technologies for a Low Carbon Future" and "IEA World Energy Outlook 2010"
(Plenary meeting discussion sessions, 2010)
"Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Measures - Implications for the Coal Industry in Developed and Developing Economies”, ”Energy Sector Investment and the Coal Industry – Implications for Energy Security” and “Carbon Pricing – Implications for Coal and the Migration of Industrial Activity”
(Plenary meeting discussion sessions, 2009)

The CIAB works closely with Carlos Fernández Alvarez at the IEA Secretariat and is supported by an Executive Co-ordinator, Mr. Brian Heath, who can supply further information on the CIAB.