Nov 21 (Reuters) - The COP30 climate summit was headed for a showdown on Friday over the future of fossil fuels after hosts Brazil dropped efforts to develop a global plan to shift away from oil, gas and coal from its proposed deal. A draft text for a deal for this year's U.N. climate summit,... Continue Reading →
Renewables Are Too Cheap to Fail
Nov. 20 (Oilprice.com) Renewable energy has encountered a strange crossroads – it is more successful, and also more divisive, than ever before. Wind and solar have become so successful that they’re not really alternative anymore – they’ve fully entered the mainstream. Not only have renewables outgrown subsidies and become independently successful, they’ve become so cheap... Continue Reading →
Energy Transition’ Future: Fractured, Bumpy and Long
Nov. 17 (Reuters) As COP30 kicks off its second week in Brazil, much has changed since the landmark Paris climate agreement was penned 10 years ago.The spirit of cooperation that once reigned has been shattered by economic rivalries and a stark divergence in climate policies among the world’s biggest polluters.The landmark UN COP21 climate agreement... Continue Reading →
China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit
Nov 15 (Reuters) - With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is stepping into the limelight as a leader in the fight against global warming. Its country pavilion dominates the entrance hall of the sprawling COP30 conference grounds in Brazil's Amazon city... Continue Reading →
IEA’s Bullish Oil Scenario a Wake-Up Call for Climate Action
Nov. 12 (Reuters) The International Energy Agency’s latest outlook signals that oil demand may continue rising into 2050, a sharp shift from its previous reports and a stark reminder of how dominant black gold remains in the global economy. The IEA's annual World Energy Outlook, published on Wednesday, maps out different trajectories for energy demand... Continue Reading →
Ørsted Achieves 2025 Decarbonisation Target, Slashes Emissions by 98 Per Cent
Nov. 12 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted has reduced its carbon emissions by 98%, becoming the first energy company in the world to achieve its science-based 2025 decarbonisation target, the Danish firm announced on 12 November. Renewable energy accounts for 99 per cent of the company’s energy production, while its scope 1 and scope 2 emission intensity has... Continue Reading →
COP30 – 30 years of climate talks in six charts
Nov 6 (Reuters) - As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this month - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story. Despite years of negotiations, pledges, and summits, greenhouse gas emissions have climbed by a... Continue Reading →
Energy Transition Stalls 10 Years After Paris Agreement – COP30
Nov. 2 (oilprice.com) Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement to pursue net-zero emissions by 2050, the world faces a slowing transition to clean energy despite record-breaking renewable capacity installations. Much has changed in the energy systems in the decade since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. These systems faced a global pandemic, the... Continue Reading →
BP sees oil demand growth until 2030 due to slowing energy efficiency gains
Sept 25 (Reuters) - BP said on Thursday it expects global oil demand to grow until 2030, five years later than its forecast a year ago, pointing to slowed efforts to increase energy efficiency and reduce global carbon emissions. The oil major's latest Energy Outlook, an annual study of energy trends through 2050, models two scenarios.... Continue Reading →
China leads nations with new climate plans, defying US climate denial
Sept 24 (Reuters) - China led several countries in announcing new climate plans on Wednesday and offered a veiled rebuke of the U.S. president's anti-climate rhetoric a day earlier at the U.N. General Assembly. Addressing a climate leaders’ summit hosted by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a live video message... Continue Reading →