What we do know is that climate change is fundamentally about supply and demand, and it is also wrapped up in the policy of behavior, system change, and politics. We know that it is almost a given, it almost represents a global commitment, it’s unprecedented in our lifetime for us to follow this agenda. Undoubtedly Paris has fundamentally ushered in a new era on climate change. This has become an annual event, a key milestone in our calendar, for us to look at what’s happening on matters of energy. We were welcomed by Dharmendra Kanani from Friends of Europe and here is a part of his speech: Invitees to the Palais des Académies in Brussels It is a pity that the general public cannot get access to WEO-2016 without paying quite a high price for a copy. I prepared for the Brussels meeting by studying in detail Chapter 3 of the report, ”Oil market outlook – what’s past is prologue”. The report’s subtitle, ”Energy-Mix for the Post-COP21 World” indicates that the Paris climate treaty is a central theme. I also had the opportunity to download the tome-like WEO-2016 report that, according to Birol, is focussed on renewable energy. WEO-2016 is a weighty tome and there are few such books that receive this degree of attention.Īn invitation made it possible for me to participate in the Brussels meeting. Birol’s journal continued then to Japan and many other nations. On 21 November it was the turn of the Friends of Europe in Brussels to host Dr Birol’s presentation. Two days later on 18 November, Fatih Birol presented WEO-2016 at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. On 16 November 2016 the International Energy Agency (IEA) presented its annual ”World Energy Outlook” report (WEO-2016).

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