For all its green talk, the IEA still gives comfort to oil and gas producers
When oil major Total announced it had raised finance for a $20 billion project to exploit Mozambique’s gas reserves, it faced criticism for undermining international climate goals. The International Energy Agency (IEA) – perhaps the world’s most influential energy forecaster – gave the company an easy defence.
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