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Head of leading oil company supports growth of renewables
Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO of state-owned Saudi Aramco, delivered a keynote address in Riyad (Saudi Arabia) on Monday, highlighting that "the global conversation about energy in general, and petroleum in particular, needs to be reset in light of several far-reaching new realities" and that “alternatives can and will make a greater contribution to global energy supplies than they do at present, and we welcome that growth”. | IEA says action needed now to sustainably enhance energy security, stem climate change 
Maria van der Hoeven, executive director of the International Energy Agency, has called on countries to step up efforts to avert climate change, noting that to do so requires addressing their energy security concerns in a sustainable manner. | Reader survey launched
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