In this podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Sara Akbar, a Kuwaiti chemical petroleum engineer, women's rights advocate, and co-founder and former chief executive officer of Kuwait Energy. She is recognised as a "national hero" due to her firefighting efforts in the Kuwaiti oil fires and was subsequently awarded the Global 500 Roll of Honour from the United Nations Environmental Program. Ms. Akbar’s tenacity was also depicted in the Academy Award nominated documentary “Fires of Kuwait”. In the interview, the following questions and more are discussed: What were your firefighting exploits during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in the early 1990s? How will Kuwait cope with changing industry dynamics with regards to climate change and the energy transition? How has the role of women in the energy industry grown over the past few decades? As the energy transition proceeds, is there a great danger of stranded assets both above and below the ground in the region?