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Fatih Birol

Fatih Birol is executive director of the International Energy Agency

September 2021

  • Oil refineries along the Shatt al-Arab river in Basra, Iraq, 2020

    double quotation markWithout help for oil-producing countries, net zero by 2050 is a distant dream

    Ali Allawi and Fatih Birol
    To meet climate targets and avoid economic collapse, countries such as Iraq need international support in the transition to clean energy, say Iraq’s deputy PM Ali Allawi and IEA executive director Fatih Birol