| Interview | 14 November 2011 |
Fatih Birol's sombre perspective on our energy future
'Depressing ... disappointing ... bad news'
By Alex Forbes
The world's slow progress towards legislating for a sustainable energy future means we may have to live with the consequences of global warming as we lose the ability to get it under control. Such is the stark warning coming from the International Energy Agency's latest World Energy Outlook, published last Wednesday. Alex Forbes asked Fatih Birol, the IEA's Chief Economist, what can still be done to avert climate disaster. Birol's answers are sombre throughout.
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