The findings will 'undercut the calls from some quarters to increase spending and underline the economic and financial risks of major new oil and gas projects - on top of their glaring risks for the climate,' Birol wrote in his op-ed.īut governments wishing to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as outlined by the UN under the Paris climate accord, and accelerate the energy transition 'will require significantly stronger and faster policy action,' Birol added, particularly as extreme weather events and geopolitical events stress livelihoods and markets. The IEA's long-term projections for energy demand, due to be published by the agency in October, will show that expected aggressive adoption of electric vehicles and renewable generation, along with the West's shift away from Russian oil and gas, will cause fossil fuel demand to start falling before the end of the decade, faster than anticipated. Neighboring Saudi Arabia is also aggressively investing in new drilling to boost its spare capacity. The debate is sure to be heightened in the lead-up to the UN's COP28 climate change summit in November, hosted by the UAE, a core OPEC member that is rapidly expanding its crude production capacity in anticipation of future demand for its oil. With oil demand likely to hit record levels in 2023 - and grow again in 2024, according to most forecasts - boosted by the tailwind of the pandemic recovery and continued growth in emerging markets, climate change concerns have run headlong into energy security considerations for policymakers.

'It would lead to energy chaos on a potentially unprecedented scale, with dire consequences for economies and billions of people across the world.' 'Such narratives only set the global energy system up to fail spectacularly,' Ghais said in a Sept. 12 op-ed in the Financial Times that declared the hastening decline of hydrocarbons a 'welcome sight,' OPEC Secretary General Haitham al-Ghais accused the agency of ideologically driven fear-mongering that would destabilize the world economy. In a sharply worded response to IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol's Sept. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience.

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