COP26: IEA chief Fatih Birol talks energy and climate change on the Radio Davos podcast

Oct 22, 2021

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"Too many hopes, too many fears" - Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Image: World Economic Forum/Walter Duerst

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