Spotlight: 2020 Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi | January 10 – 12, 2020

Held Under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Armed Forces.

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi is the premier international gathering of government, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and anticipate and respond to the dramatic changes in the world of energy. Convened in partnership with the Ministry of Energy of the United Arab Emirates, ADNOC, and Mubadala, the forum is part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.

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Global Energy Center Insights & Impact

Global Energy Forum Jan 9, 2020

Energy sector diversification: Meeting demographic challenges in the MENA region

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to experience significant demographic growth by 2050, growth which will have to be met with commensurate economic expansion and job opportunities, or the region will risk an increase in political instability. To meet this challenge, countries in the region must diversify their economies beyond the energy sector and expand their energy sector beyond hydrocarbons. What are the key trends that MENA countries will have to contend with, what is already being done, and what further steps should be taken?

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Global Energy Center Insights & Impact

Global Energy Forum Jan 11, 2020

Climate commitments needed to head off threats of volatility and instability

By Adal Mirza

A widening gap between perceptions and reality of the global energy markets could increase volatility as governments, policy makers, and industries struggle to tackle climate change, according to Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy Markets & Governance
Global Energy Center Insights & Impact

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

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By Landon Derentz

Artificial Intelligence Energy & Environment

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Nesheiwat quoted in El Economista on accumulation of Russian LNG tankers in the Arctic

By Julia Nesheiwat

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Webster quoted in VOA on Russia-China gas cooperation

On September 5, GEC senior fellow/IPSI nonresident senior fellow Joseph Webster was quoted in VOA on Russia-China gas cooperation. Webster explains that Russia’s plan to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline from Russia to China could weaken US energy leverage over Beijing by reducing liquefied natural gas exports to China. 

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Sep 5, 2024

Webster quoted in VOA on potential impact of PS-2 pipeline on US

By Joseph Webster

Central Asia China

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Sep 4, 2024

Shaffer quoted in S&P Global on recent Houthi attacks on oil tankers
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Webster joins DW Russian to discuss Ulaanbaatar’s dependence on Russian energy resources

By Joseph Webster

East Asia Energy & Environment

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Aug 28, 2024

Webster quoted in Carbon Brief on US tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Joseph Webster

China Energy & Environment

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Aug 27, 2024

Webster featured in Axios on hurricane resilience of LNG terminals

By Joseph Webster

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Aug 26, 2024

Webster featured in Wall Street Journal on Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs

By Joseph Webster

China Energy & Environment

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Aug 22, 2024

Webster quoted in Energy Intelligence on Iran’s oil exports

By Joseph Webster

Economic Sanctions Geopolitics & Energy Security
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