Global Energy Outlook 2023: IEA and BP Reports
COP27 in Egypt focused attention on the energy transition and the need to accelerate clean energy development and the reduction in...
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Bending the Coal Curve in Asia: A Critical Priority for 2023
As the world enters 2023, California is belted with an atmospheric river causing historic flooding. It is one more sign of the growing...
African Countries, Gas Development, and Climate Change: The Case of Ghana
COP27 in Egypt saw a much more active and forceful presence of African countries, which are feeling the ravages of both climate change...
Stronger Efforts Are Needed to Achieve SGD 7 Sustainable Energy Goals
The United Nations recently released the Tracking SGD 7: The Energy Progress Report 2022. The report comes in the context of growing...
Civilian Nuclear Power in 2021: Geopolitics, Climate Change, and Innovation
The year 2021 saw global developments in civilian nuclear power with important implications for geopolitical tensions, climate change...
Global Coal’s Resurgence and/or Demise? A Review of IEA’s Coal 2021 Report
In previous pieces I have highlighted the critical role of coal in the Asia-Pacific region and some of the developments at COP26 to phase...
Climate Change and Coal Phase-Out in the Philippines
This blog continues our focus on the future of coal in the Asia-Pacific region by looking at the Philippines. The Philippines was again...
COP26 Implementation: Nuclear Power’s Role in Emissions Reduction in Emerging/Developing Countries
In considering post-Glasgow pathways and implementation to net zero GHG emissions, a contentious issue is the role of nuclear energy....
COP26: Indonesia and its Coal Pledge and Energy Transition
COP26 has highlighted the need to phase out coal and retire or repurpose existing coal plants. No where is this more important than in...
The Asia LNG Price Spike and the Future of Coal in the Asia Pacific Region
We have witnessed a sharp spike in LNG prices in all markets since late last year. This has been particularly acute in the Asia Pacific...
Net Zero 2050 and the Future of Coal in Asia and the Pacific
The Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change recently presented key results of expert climate...
Afghanistan Energy: Can the Taliban Keep the Lights On?
The takeover of the Afghan central and provincial governments by the Taliban portends monumental political, economic, and social changes...
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