WEC’s Angela Wilkinson: A Voice Of Reason In The Energy And Climate Discussion

WEC’s Angela Wilkinson: A Voice Of Reason In The Energy And Climate Discussion

Dr. Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General of the World Energy Council. The World Energy Council (WEC) has existed now for a century, having been founded in 1923 by a visionary named Daniel Dunlop, who foresaw the need for a global organization whose mission is to convene stakeholders to discuss and find ways to resolve problems in the energy space. Never in its history has this non-commercial, non-governmental body been faced with such a broad array of complex, pressing problems as it is today, with the global community embarked upon an ambitious energy transition. I was fortunate this week to be able to interview Dr. Angela Wilkinson, the sixth secretary general in the WEC's history, as she prepared to attend next week's CERA Week event in Houston. I found her in an upbeat mood as she prepared to fly across the pond – her office is in London – for that conference, while also looking ahead to the COP 28 conference later this year in the United Arab Emirates. Our interview began with a request for Dr. Wilkinson to provide her general assessment of the pace of this 'energy transition' that at least the western world is embarked upon, though much of