Bloomberg BNA reports that “natural gas, the ‘least carbon-intensive fossil fuel,’ could play a key role in reaching global climate goals, an issue at the center of upcoming talks in Paris, said the head of the International Energy Agency.”  

“Fatih Birol, the agency’s new executive director, noted that energy production and use account for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, so energy policies will be key at the Paris talks starting Nov. 30, which have the aim of achieving a global deal to fight climate change, largely through commitments to cut carbon dioxide emissions.”  

“Speaking at the agency’s Nov. 17–18 ministerial meeting, which brought together energy ministers from the Paris-based agency’s 29 members, including the world’s advanced economies and many of its biggest energy users and carbon dioxide emitters, Birol said IEA ministers approved his three-pillar plan for modernizing the agency’s strategy to face today’s ‘transformed’ global energy landscape.”