Net Zero
The climate litigation victory is significant for a country that has been warming at more than twice the global rate in recent years.
The Oman Petroleum & Energy Show opens later this month against a backdrop of shifting allegiances in the LNG sector, with Persian Gulf State oil giants eyeing the global stage.
Senegal’s latest Energy Policy Review outlines progress in renewable energy, highlighting challenges and emphasising the inclusive governance needed for sustainable economic growth.
The Trafigura-Greenergy deal highlights the growing importance of biofuels in the UK and European landscape, experts said.
Kenya’s energy transition pathway aims for net zero emissions by 2050 through renewable energy adoption. Experts noted challenges including lack of infrastructure and financing.
African leaders and energy experts are convened at Nigeria International Energy Summit this week.
The government has been trying to clean up Vietnam’s power sector, but is facing considerable self-inflicted problems.
Whoever wins the Indonesian election this month will have his plate full dealing with energy prices, regulation and the energy transition.
Over-reliance on CCS in decarbonisation plans might prolong the role of fossil fuels in economies, experts warned.
Uganda’s new energy transition plan marks progress but emissions reductions efforts could be complicated by the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline, experts told Gas Outlook.
When delegates gathered in Dubai just a fortnight ago for the opening of COP28, the chances of progress seemed slim, but these oil state climate talks delivered a transition away from fossil fuels that no previous COP managed to achieve.
The final COP28 document marks a historic first: an explicit call to end the era of fossil fuels. But experts say the text also includes weak language and loopholes.
OPEC members are against including the phase-out of fossil fuels in the agreement expected to be announced at the end of COP28.
In a letter to COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber, they called for an “orderly phase out of all fossil fuels in a just & equitable way, in line with a 1.5C trajectory.”
A text is on the table for Global Stocktake negotiators at COP28 to finalize, but so far, it looks dreamy and scattered.