One of the energy industry’s staunchest supporters of efforts to combat climate change will address delegates at a major global gas event this October.

Fresh from being named the 2012 ‘National Oil Companies Executive of the Year’, Helge Lund was confirmed as one of the biggest names appearing at the international Gastech Conference and Exhibition in London, taking place 8-11 October at the ExCeL venue.

Some within the energy industry have called for global governments’ policies to focus on engineering methods that would adapt to shifting weather patterns and rising sea levels, instead of attempting to eliminate fossil fuels from the energy mix.

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