Narrow path to net-zero means less fossil fuels, but some room for gas: IEA chief

摘要

The head of the International Energy Agency May 19 sought to clear upmisunderstandings, particularly on the oil and natural gas sector,stemming from the "overwhelming reaction" to the IEA's new reportcalling for a wholesale transformation of the global energy economy toachieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.While he commended the growing number of governmentscommitting to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, IEA Executive DirectorFatih Birol said that there was "a growing gap between thecommitments, or in other words the rhetoric, and what is happeningin real life."