Ever since the industrial revolution economic growth has been inseparably linked to the exploitation of fossil energy sources. Yet, since the oil embargo in the seventies and the oil price shock in 2008 it has become increasingly clear that new sources of energy will be substantial in order to allow further growth of wealth without [...]
22 Oct 2009
by Florian Bauer - Category: News
The IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka recently released a special early excerpt of the upcoming World Energy Outlook 2009 at the Bangkok UNFCCC meeting entitled “How the energy sector can deliver on a climate agreement in Copenhagen”. The paper lays out the latest greenhouse-gas emissions trends and shows a pathway for the energy sector to [...]