A work of expertise as well as a political object: thus emerged the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) “World Energy Outlook”, a broad dashboard combining hypotheses about the future of demand, regional analysis and a look at possible actions for decarbonization. This The energy sector bible has in turn been impacted by “all the fossils” of the Trump administration, as evidenced by the events surrounding the publication of its latest edition, Wednesday, November 12.
For months, Republican elected officials and White House insiders have launched attacks on the IEA, an arm of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) whose chairman, Fatih Birol, has been one of the most prominent spokespeople for the energy transition. At the heart of the controversy is a scenario that shows fossil fuel demand peaking in 2030 and lays out the path to take to achieve carbon neutrality.
Fatih Birol has been asserting since 2021 that new hydrocarbon extraction projects are no longer necessary if the priority is stopping the climate crisis. An approach that is inconsistent with beliefs “drill, baby, drill” (“front, baby, front”) of Donald Trump, who is the self-proclaimed pioneer of America’s fossil industry and views any attempt to project himself into the next world as a way to undermine the interests of a country that has become the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas.
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