Fatih Birol

French President Emmanuel Macron on Dec. 6 presented International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol with the Legion of Honor for his major contributions to global energy and climate issues.

Investment in solar power is expected to overtake oil for the first time this year as clean energy spending outpaces that for fossil fuels, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report yesterday. 

While that is a welcome development, warned the IEA that investment in fossil fuels is rising when it should be falling fast to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) will guide nations in their energy and climate policies and lay out a road map, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol has said.

Birol addressed leaders who gathered for the 49th G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, last week.

Sales of electric vehicles are booming and are expected to account for nearly one in five cars sold this year, according to a report released yesterday.

It was also estimated that global greenhouse gas emissions will reach its peak in 2025.

Clean energy now provides more employment than the fossil fuel industry, reflecting the shift that efforts to tackle climate change are having on the global jobs market, according to a report yesterday.

Countries that fail to meet the climate commitments will receive warnings at the UN's next climate summit slated for 2023, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Nov. 7.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an interview on the sidelines of the COP26 conference, Fatih Birol said the COP26 Presidency appointed the IEA to monitor and report on countries' progress.

As head of the organisation that advises countries on energy policy, Fatih Birol has a blunt message to governments ahead of a crucial climate summit: He wants "real global action", not just words.

Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has been named one of the most influential 100 persons of 2021 by Time, a political magazine based in New York City, United States.

Birol, 63, who has been the executive director of the agency since 2015, is the only Turkish person that made it to Time's annual influencer list this year.

Climate-changing CO2 emissions are set to surge by the second-biggest amount in history this year as the global economy recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the IEA warned on April 20, days before a major climate summit.