IEA chief calls for ‘clean energy new deal’
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), urged world governments to ensure that stimulus packages aimed at restoring growth also embrace low-carbon technologies. He spoke to EurActiv in an exclusive interview ahead of the European Business Summit, which opens Thursday (26 March) in Brussels. As the financial crisis dries up funding for energy projects, Tanaka called on governments across the world not to overlook the energy and climate crisis when ...