Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Fatih Birol tells Subhayan Chakraborty that nations are positioning themselves towards the new industrial age focussed on green technologies, and India should become a natural leader in battery, solar and EV manufacturing.
Birol stressed India is not historically responsible for the climate crisis, argued Russia's energy export revenues have dipped 30 per cent in the past 12 months, and outlined his plans to discuss with the government steps to divert critical mineral production and refining. Edited excerpts:
You will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a roundtable on energy on Monday.