IICEC Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate Honorary Chairman and International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol: "Transforming the energy sector is essential for addressing the climate change."
IICEC Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate Honorary Chairman and International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Dr. Fatih Birol, one of the most influential individuals in energy named by Forbes magazine, had a special message from the COP21 Climate Conference:
“Energy production and use account for two-thirds of global gas emissions causing climate change. Therefore, energy needs to be at the heart of the climate agreement coming from Paris. Transforming the energy sector is essential for addressing the climate change.
“As far as I see, we will get a very strong signal from Paris for the energy sector in order to increase our use of renewable energy and using energy more efficiently. And I hope, in addition to those, we will get a long-term goal for the temperature increase which could provide a signal for the energy investors.
“Is 1.5 °C feasible and possible? I think it is a must for many countries in the world, to survive. But even today, reaching 2 °C requires tremendous amount of political will and huge efforts to transform the energy sector. If all the countries come together and unite for the transformation of energy, we can definitely reach that target if it is set by the governments and if there is an agreement which has a legal basis.”
IEA's special reports for COP21 are available in the link below:
http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/COP21_Resilience_Brochure.pdf
https://www.iea.org/media/presentations/Energy_Matters_brochure.PDF
Please click below for the WEO 2015 Special Report on Energy and Climate Change.
Sabancı University was one of the two Turkish universities accredited for COP21, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 21st Conference of Parties, that ended in Paris on December 12, 2015.
Sabancı University was invited to the Paris Climate Summit (COP21) for its extensive work on energy and climate policies since established. Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum Projects Coordinator and CDP Turkey Projects Manager Mirhan Köroğlu Göğüş was also among the Turkish Official Delegation.
Sabancı University maintains climate policy efforts under IICEC (Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate), IPC (Istanbul Policy Center), and the Corporate Governance Forum with the contribution of expert researchers. Observers from Sabancı University provided public information during and after the summit as a reference institution, and contributed to nongovernmental bodies and decision-making authorities for new policies.