The IEA, the energy arm of the Paris-based OECD group of rich countries, this week released its flagship annual World Energy Outlook.

The 682-page report contains the usual detailed forecasts and analysis on global supply and demand for oil, gas, coal and other forms of energy out to 2040 under a range of ‘scenarios’ (MEES, 18 November). But amid the minutiae one word stood out by its absence: Trump. (CONTINUED - 1086 WORDS)