IEA chief: act on climate or "say goodbye to the world we are used to"
Leaders must send strong signal at Paris climate change conference to deliver four-fold increase in clean energy investment, Fatih Birol warns
Low carbon energy investment needs to increase four-fold if the world is to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned yesterday. Fatih Birol, the Paris-based...
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