Eamon Ryan to co-chair meeting of International Energy Agency

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan. Mr Ryan takes over as co-chair of the IEA ministerial meeting from US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

Environment and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has been appointed as a co-chair to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) meeting of global ministers next year.

The appointment is seen as a significant one for Mr Ryan, as it coincides with the Paris-based global energy monitoring body's 50th anniversary and also the end of the so-called "global stocktake" of progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.