Fatih Birol

Fatih Birol   ( bureaucrat)
Born	22 March 1958  Ankara,  Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	•  Istanbul Technical University •  Vienna University of Technology
Member of	Atlantic Council/Board, Global Relations Forum
Interests	Net zero
Turkish economist and executive director of the International Energy Agency, working towards net zero.  International Energy Agency/Executive Director In office 2015 - Present Bilderberger

Fatih Birol is a Turkish economist and energy expert, and executive director of the International Energy Agency, where he set a target of net zero carbon by 2050. He is on the board of the Atlantic Council.

Activities

In an unusual turn for a leader of the IEA, he decided to work towards Net Zero.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2025	12 June 2025	15 June 2025	Sweden Stockholm	The 71st Bilderberg Meeting, the location and dates of which were announced online in 2024
GLOBSEC/Forum/2015	19 June 2015	21 June 2015	Slovakia Bratislava	Yearly spooky conference in Slovakia. Only half of the participants are known.
Munich Security Conference/2020	14 February 2020	16 February 2020	Germany Munich Bavaria	The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." Slightly over 1/3 of them have pages.
Munich Security Conference/2023	17 February 2023	19 February 2023	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists, about 30% of whom have a page. The policies are determined by deep politicians behind the scenes, elsewhere.
Munich Security Conference/2025	14 February 2025	16 February 2025	Germany Munich Bavaria	Annual conference of mid-level functionaries from the military-industrial complex - politicians, propagandists and lobbyists - in their own bubble, far from the concerns of their subjects
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	Switzerland WEF	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012	25 January 2012	29 January 2012	Switzerland WEF	2113 guests in Davos (2113 known)
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013	23 January 2013	27 January 2013	Switzerland WEF	2589 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014	22 January 2014	25 January 2014	Switzerland WEF	2603 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2016	20 January 2016	23 January 2016	Switzerland WEF	Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017	17 January 2017	20 January 2017	Switzerland WEF	2952 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019	22 January 2019	25 January 2019	Switzerland WEF	"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020	21 January 2020	24 January 2020	Switzerland WEF	This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023	16 January 2023	20 January 2023	Switzerland WEF	The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/2024	15 January 2024	19 January 2024	Switzerland WEF	The theme for the invited "stakeholders" was "rebuilding trust in the international system". Who exactly were are to trust remains a secret, as 95% of the participants were not disclosed.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2025	20 January 2025	24 January 2025	Switzerland WEF	Brought more than 2,500 delegates to Davos from government, business and civil society of whom 809 are listed here.
WEF/Annual Meeting/2026	19 January 2026	23 January 2026	Switzerland WEF	Held in Davos, Switzerland January 2026.

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