What is good for the climate can be good for OPEC, too.
![OPEC produces 40 percent of the world's oil [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014112895817945580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Greg Muttitt is author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq.
What is good for the climate can be good for OPEC, too.
![OPEC produces 40 percent of the world's oil [AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014112895817945580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Most Iraqis feel strongly that the country’s oil reserves should be developed to benefit them, not foreign energy firms.
![Iraq recently reclaimed the number two position in the OPEC, overtaking oil-sanctioned Iran [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/201282612411647734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)