Call to update World Energy Outlook in line with climate concerns
Sixty-five signatories urge International Energy Agency to do more to avert ‘catastrophic global warming’
18 November 2019 - 16:46
London — Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), faced renewed pressure on Monday to overhaul the organisation’s influential projections for fossil fuel demand from investors and scientists concerned about climate change.
Pension funds, insurers and large companies were among 65 signatories of a joint letter to Birol, seen by Reuters, urging him to do more to support the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement to avert catastrophic global warming...
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