IEA chief Fatih Birol on energy efficiency, national security, and the 'risky business' of fossil fuel exploration

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Dr Fatih Birol opens the IEA's energy efficiency conference on 8 June | Credit: Danfoss/IEA
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Dr Fatih Birol opens the IEA's energy efficiency conference on 8 June | Credit: Danfoss/IEA

Executive director of influential think tank sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss why energy efficiency and net zero are 'the Romeo and Juliet' of the clean energy transition

Mobilising governments around the world to use energy sparingly is at the core of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) mission. The intergovernmental organisation has its origins in the world's first...

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