Climate concerns are driving an acceleration in the global transition towards environmentally sustainable energy sources, with signficant implications for emerging markets as they seek to keep pace with high demand growth over the long term.
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Economic update | Powering Africa: Green energy opportunities in a rapidly growing region (video)
24 May 2021
In this Growth and Recovery video, powered by technical solutions provider and engineering firm JESA, we explore opportunities to leverage investment and expertise to develop critical power infrastructure in...
The coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a global uptick in regional cooperation and interconnectedness as a means to economic recovery. Forming part of this trend, countries in the Arab world have recently moved to expand cooperation with regard to electricity supplies.
A combination of continued production cuts and an increase in economic activity has prompted oil prices to return to pre-pandemic levels – a factor that will be crucial to the recovery of major oil-producing countries in the Middle East and Africa.
Articles & Analysis | The Philippine government's new priorities for energy from The Report: Philippines 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic hit the Philippines’ consumption-driven economy hard, with forecasts from the IMF suggesting that real GDP could contract by as much as 9% in 2020. Strict lockdowns took a heavy toll on the energy sector in the form of a steep drop in demand for both electricity and fuel, yet local power providers took steps to ease the...
Articles & Analysis | How will the energy mix look in the post-Covid-19 Philippines? from The Report: Philippines 2021
Travel restrictions and the suspension of industrial activities around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic have led to an unprecedented drop in global emissions. According to data from the Helsinki-based Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), by the first week of April 2020 daily carbon emissions had fallen by 17% against mean 2019...