IEA Chief Commends China’s Role in Accelerating the Energy Transition Globally
Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, has credited China with driving meaningful progress in the global energy transition, saying the country’s clean energy achievements have set a pace that other economies have struggled to match. Birol made the remarks at the Berlin Global Dialogue, where the energy market upheaval following the outbreak of Middle East hostilities dominated the agenda. Since March, the world has been navigating an energy security crisis without recent precedent, one that struck two supply channels at once and plunged the global energy supply chain into chaos. Supply into Europe from western Russia dried…
