New podcast episode explores energy crisis impacts in Southeast Asia

The latest episode of the IEA's Everything Energy podcast examines how the energy crisis stemming from the war in the Middle East is affecting people across Southeast Asia - a region that has been hit particularly hard from an energy perspective by the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features Sue-Ern Tan, Head of the IEA's Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore. She explains why countries in Southeast Asia are especially exposed to current energy supply disruptions, how price increases and fuel shortages are already affecting daily life, and the steps governments are taking to cushion the impacts.

The Everything Energy podcast offers perspectives on a wide range of leading global energy issues. In other recent episodes, IEA experts explain the Agency's largest-ever emergency oil stock release, which is aimed at supporting global energy security through the current crisis, and walk through 10 measures countries can take to help shelter consumers from the effects of higher oil prices.