IEA chief backs India on coal, says no exit without financial support
NEW DELHI: Lending his weight to India’s stand on coal as an energy source, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol on Wednesday said it won’t be fair to ask developing nations to stop using coal without giving international financial assistance to make up for the economic challenge from such a move.
Developing nations like India depend on coal for 60 per cent of their energy, and coal and associated sectors are major employment generators, he said at the Energy Horizons Leadership Dialogue organised by Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
