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What would it take to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C?
Authors: Laura Cozzi and Tim Gould*
Every year, the World Energy
Outlook scenarios are updated to take into account the latest data
and developments in policies, technology,...
The coup in Bolivia shines yet more dark light on America
Just when one might have thought things geopolitical might be about to
turn for the better, which means the worldwide geopolitical nightmare
engineered by the U.S....
World Energy Outlook 2019 highlights deep disparities in the global energy system
Deep disparities define today’s energy world. The dissonance between
well-supplied oil markets and growing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties.
The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse...
Oil Market Report: Pausing to reflect
The IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2019
published this week highlights the increasing disparity between the calm oil
market of today and heightened geopolitical tensions. The calmness...
Beyond the dire needs of Iraq’s demonstration: National renaissance and a new challenge to Iran
For many, Iraqis have
long been gone into hibernation to hold the politicians accountable for
corruption in OPEC's second-largest oil producer. So the first of October
2019 ...
It’s when not if China’s Middle Eastern tightrope snaps
China is manoeuvring to avoid being sucked into the Middle East’s
numerous disputes amid mounting debate in Beijing on whether the People’s
Republic will be able...
Is OPEC stuck in a cycle of endless cuts?
In its latest annual World Oil Outlook (WOO) report, published last
week, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) predicted
its oil production and market...
Africa’s energy future matters for the world
Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global
energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest process of
urbanisation the...
China’s Descending Rise
China is in a sustained economic slowdown. This is causing malignant
unease among the political and economic leadership of the communist party in
Beijing that governs...
Time to act as global energy efficiency progress drops to slowest rate since start of decade
Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and
avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing – a
trend that...