After agreeing earlier this month to release record amounts of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Friday put forward recommendations to ease pressure on consumers facing oil prices, such as teleworking and avoiding air travel. The U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran has pushed up energy prices and stoked global concerns about inflation.
The IEA said its recommendations are actions governments, businesses and households can take to reduce the pressure on consumers from the recent surge in energy prices.
The IEA said the recommendations include working from home, lowering motorway speed limits by at least 10km/h and avoiding flying when other modes of transport are available.
"We have recently launched the IEA's largest ever emergency oil stockpile rollout - and as part of our international energy diplomacy, I am in close contact with governments around the world, including major energy producers and consumers," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said in a statement.
Birol added: "In addition, today's report provides a series of immediate and concrete measures from the demand side that governments, businesses and households can take to help consumers withstand the impact of this crisis."