The latest IPCC report shows that we are dangerously close to 1.5C already. Every fraction of a degree matters The COP26 climate conference will be a clarifying moment, poised between global co-operation…
Category: Energy
Cheap imports threaten US solar panel production boom
US companies have announced plans to build dozens of solar panel factories across the country since last year when President Joe Biden’s signature climate law unleashed billions of dollars of subsidies, raising…
Regional Energy Expert Roudi Baroudi Earns Award from Washington Think Tank
Transatlantic Leadership Network Recognizes Author for Contributions to Peaceful Development in Eastern Mediterranean WASHINGTON, DC November 9, 2023: Doha-based Lebanese author Roudi Baroudi was one of two people presented with the 2023…
Transport minister leads team to Tbilisi Belt and Road Forum
Qatar is participating with a delegation headed by HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Seif Ahmed al-Sulaiti in the Tbilisi Belt and Road Forum, which was inaugurated on Tuesday in…
Crippling Heat Deepens Asia’s Reliance on Russian Energy
The extreme heat that’s been scorching Asia in recent weeks has produced one clear beneficiary — Russia. As countries across the region scramble to make sure they have enough coal, gas and…
UAE’s ADNOC Gas to Start Trading in $2.5bn IPO. International Energy Expert, Roudi Baroudi told AFP: “LNG is Most Important Transition Fuel in the move away from hydrocarbons”.
UAE state energy company ADNOC’s recently formed gas unit will launch on the Abu Dhabi stock market on Monday in a $2.5 billion initial public offering aimed at tapping high demand for…
Development banks must embrace nuclear energy
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have historically been reluctant to invest in nuclear energy, and the World Bank has not financed a nuclear power plant since 1959. In the absence of MDB funds,…
Absorbing energy transition shock
By Owen Gaffney/ Stockholm The challenge for politicians is to devise fair policies that protect people from the inevitable shocks Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent shockwaves around the world. Oil prices…
Germany: “A Whole Prosperity Built On Low-Cost Energy Is Going Up In Smoke”
Lhe tocsin is sounding at full speed in the German cities and countryside at the start of summer. A whole prosperity built on low-cost energy is going up in smoke. For the…
Allemagne : « Toute une prospérité construite sur une énergie à bas coût est en train de partir en fumée »
L’Allemagne a dévoilé son premier déficit commercial depuis trente ans et envisage d’aider les entreprises du secteur énergétique, comme Uniper, qui subissent de plein fouet la guerre en Ukraine. Une mobilisation qui…