{"id":987,"date":"2026-11-13T19:24:37","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2026-11-13T19:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T00:24:37","slug":"fatih-birol-energy-world-never-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"Fatih Birol: The Energy World Will Never Be the Same As Before the Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"av-in-brief\"><strong>In brief:<\/strong> Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), says the war in Iran has triggered a structural shift from which the energy world will not recover. Speaking at COP31 in Antalya, Turkey, he said countries are moving toward renewables, efficiency measures, and electrification to reduce vulnerability to supply shocks. The COP31 presidency is pushing nations to draw 35% of final energy consumption from electricity by 2035, and the IEA projects annual global investment in electricity generation, battery storage, and grids could reach $2.5 trillion by 2035.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-faq\">\n<h2>Key questions<\/h2>\n<h3>What did Fatih Birol say about the Iran War and energy markets?<\/h3>\n<p>Birol said he sees no credible pathway in which the energy world returns to where it was before the Iran War, describing the conflict as having unleashed a structural shift toward renewables and energy security.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the electrification target being pushed at COP31?<\/h3>\n<p>The COP31 presidency is pushing countries to pledge that electricity will account for 35% of their final energy consumption by 2035, up from less than a quarter today.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"av-schema\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What did Fatih Birol say about the Iran War and energy markets?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Birol said he sees no credible pathway in which the energy world returns to where it was before the Iran War, describing the conflict as having unleashed a structural shift toward renewables and energy security.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is the electrification target being pushed at COP31?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The COP31 presidency is pushing countries to pledge that electricity will account for 35% of their final energy consumption by 2035, up from less than a quarter today.\"}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/av-faq --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-source\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/11\/13\/fatih-birol-iran-war-energy-cop31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TIME \u2014 Fatih Birol: The Energy World Will Never Be the Same As Before the Iran War<\/a>. Also reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/2026\/11\/books-briefing-writers-reconstruct-past-lamela\/689429\/?utm_source=feed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wire-credit\"><em>AI-assisted summary; the reporting is the source&#x27;s. Read the original at the link.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>energy security, electrification, IEA, COP31, Iran War<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), says the war in Iran has triggered a structural shift from which the energy world will not\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[1176,1174,1173,1175,302],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-science","tag-cop31","tag-electrification","tag-energy-security","tag-iea","tag-iran-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theusdaily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}