On behalf of MEP Boguslaw Sonik, the rapporteur on "Environmental impacts of shale gas extraction" we have the pleasure to invite you to a presentation by The International Energy Agency of the report on the "Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas".

• Describes the unconventional gas resource and what is involved in exploiting it.
• Identifies the key environmental and social risks and how they can be addressed.
• Suggests the Golden Rules necessary to realise the economic and energy security benefits while meeting public concerns.
• Spells out the implications of compliance with these rules for governments and industry, including on development costs.
• Assesses the impact of the two cases on global gas trade patterns and pricing, energy security and climate change.