Fatih Birol
Fatih Birol
Fatih Birolis a Turkish economist and energy expert, who has been the Executive Director of the International Energy Agencysince 1 September 2015. He previously served as the Chief Economist and Director of Global Energy Economics at the IEA in Paris...
change climate security supply worried
Security of supply and climate change are what we are worried about. We think security of supply will be a big problem.
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It's not about rocks or about reserves, it's about investment policy.
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If investments do not come in a timely and sufficient manner, there will be higher oil prices, and global economic growth will suffer.
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Saudi Arabia has the oil reserves and the domestic capital to boost their production. But they might not want to increase their investments to boost production. They may want to influence the world price environment.
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The issue in the oil business today is not the reserves but the money, the investment decisions, the investment climate.
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The oil infrastructure is robust enough to deal with a 5% cut in supply.
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What happened between Russia and the Ukraine will be an important wakeup call for Europe and countries that were thinking of leaving nuclear aside.
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We are worried about supply in general throughout the world and particularly of gasoline and particularly in the United States.
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We are on track for a 3.5 deg C rise by 2040 (i.e. 4.2 deg C relative to pre-industrial)... When I look at this data, the trend is perfectly in line with a temperature increase of 6 degrees Celsius, which would have devastating consequences for the planet. We have 5 years to change the energy system, or have it changed
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If production does not increase in Iraq in an exponential way between now and 2015, we have a very big problem, even if Saudi Arabia meets its obligations. The figures are very simple, you do not need to be an expert. It is enough to know how to do a subtraction. China will grow very quickly, India also, and even Saudi Arabia projections of the 3 Mb/day will not be enough to meet the rise of Chinese demand.
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Just 8% of the $409bn spent on fossil-fuel subsidies in 2010 went to the poorest 20% of the population.
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Energy markets can be thought of as suffering from appendicitis due to fossil fuel subsidies. They need to be removed for a healthy energy economy.
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Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining the competitiveness of renewables.
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We expect CO2 emissions growth in China between now and 2030 will equal the growth of the United States, Canada, all of Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Korea combined,