World Energy Outlook 2011 lecture in Singapore

The World Energy Outlook 2011 will be launched in Singapore on 14 December by Dr Fatih Birol, the Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Dr Birol will hold a two-hour session, to be moderated by Dr Tilak K. Doshi, Principal Fellow and Head of the Energy Economics Division of the Energy Studies Institute (ESI).

IEA's flagship publication is widely recognised as the most authoritative energy source for global energy projections and analysis. This year's report will give the latest energy demand and supply projections for different future scenarios by country, fuel and sector, with a special focus on:

• Russia's energy prospects and its implications for the global markets
• The role of coal in driving economic growth in an emissions-constrained world
• The implications of a possible delay in the oil and gas sector investment in the Middle East and North Africa
• How high-carbon infrastructure "lock-in" will make the 2 degrees Celsius climate change goal even more challenging and expensive to meet
• The scale of fossil fuelsubsidies and support for renewable energy and their impact on energy, economic and environmental trends
• A "low nuclear case" to investigate what a rapid slowdown in the use of nuclear power would mean for the global energy landscape
• The scale and type of investment needed to provide modern energy to the billions of poor worldwide who do not have it