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Global Energy Forum

Jan 12, 2020

Gas in the energy transition: Bridge or the destination?

By David A. Wemer

“There are some who believe that gas should play no role in the global energy mix,” Ambassador Richard Morningstar, founding chairman of the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, said at the introduction of a panel on the future of gas at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum hosted in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on January 12, 2020. At the other end of the spectrum, he added, some have “called gas a destination fuel that provides a clean baseload energy needed for the developed world to grow.”

Energy Transitions
Oil and Gas

Global Energy Forum

Jan 11, 2020

Delivering energy access and meeting demand in South and Southeast Asia

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council 2020 Global Energy Forum Delivering Energy Access and Meeting Demand in South and Southeast Asia Speaker: Mohamed Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer, Masdar The Hon. Dr. Tawfiq-e Elahi Chowdhury, Energy Adviser to the Honorable Prime Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh Alisa Newman-Hood, Senior Vice President, Excelerate Energy Paddy Padmanathan, President and CEO, ACWA […]

Bangladesh
Energy & Environment

Global Energy Forum

Jan 11, 2020

Gas imports remain key to Asia’s development plans

By Adal Mirza

Despite rising renewable energy generation, South and South East Asia will continue to look at major investments in new gas import infrastructure to displace more carbon-intensive fuels, as the region races to meet its development ambitions.

Energy Markets & Governance
Energy Transitions

Content

China in Europe

Oct 4, 2024

Five questions (and expert answers) about the EU’s divided support for tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Atlantic Council experts

The European Union adopted tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but the vote revealed divisions among member states on the bloc’s approach to Beijing.

China
Economy & Business

EnergySource

Sep 27, 2024

Renewables offer opportunity in the Western Balkans. But challenges remain.

By Michael Hochberg

The Western Balkans rely heavily on aging coal plants for electricity production, with five of its nations generating about 40 to 95 percent of their electricity from lignite, leading to significant pollution and related health issues. Tens of thousands of megawatts of solar and wind projects have been proposed, but despite policy incentives and investor appetite, five key challenges remain.

Energy & Environment
Energy Transitions

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2024

The private sector is stepping up on climate resilience. Now governments need to be willing partners.

By Jorge Gastelumendi

To increase financing for climate adaptation, governments must ease the regulatory burden on private sector climate initiatives.

Central Asia
Climate Change & Climate Action

Report

Sep 23, 2024

Lessons for African mineral producers from the Indonesian experience

By Julien Marcilly and Bradford Simmons

Indonesia and its success with resource nationalism can serve as an example for many mineral-rich African countries.

Africa
Energy & Environment

In the News

Sep 17, 2024

Derentz quoted in Gzero on AI’s role in increasing grid reliability and resilience

By Landon Derentz

Artificial Intelligence
Energy & Environment

Report

Sep 13, 2024

Part 4. Turkey’s geopolitical role in the Black Sea and European energy security: From pipelines to liquefied natural gas

By Eser Özdil

Turkey’s strategic position in the region provides cooperation opportunities for European energy security and economic interdependence.

Eastern Europe
Energy & Environment

AfricaSource

Sep 9, 2024

The strategies driving the players in competition for Africa’s critical minerals

By Sarah Way

As the race for Africa’s critical minerals continues, the United States should rally its allies and partners around a common vision backed by democratic values.

Africa
Critical Minerals

Report

Sep 9, 2024

Sharing the post carbon economy means building a resilient EV supply chain

By Sarah Bauerle Danzman

In this report Sarah Bauerle Danzman advances the policy discussion by compiling trade, investment, and EV industrial policy data across the G20, and offers six recommendations to the G20 to build a resilient EV supply chain.

Brazil
China

AfricaSource

Aug 14, 2024

Critical minerals investment must avoid the mistakes of the past in African mining

By Rama Yade, Sibi Nyaoga

By getting mining investment right, the United States can set a new precedent for its collaboration with African countries in other areas, such as health, security, and technology.

Africa
Critical Minerals

New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2024

Dispatch from Rio: Can Brazil set up the G20 leaders’ summit for success?

By Ananya Kumar, Mrugank Bhusari

Brasília has sought to acknowledge fundamental disagreements on geopolitics between some members, and then to sidestep them entirely at the ministerial level. How long can this approach last?

Brazil
Economy & Business

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