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Forget 2050: As COP26 Starts, Five Immediate Priorities for Oil and Gas

EDF + Business

Blanton, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy , and Ben Ratner, Associate Vice President at EDF. Methane: Leaders emerge as the global community wakes up to the challenge. Permian Basin exponentially increase the amount of methane emitted, alongside flaring’s resource waste and CO 2 emissions.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. above pre-industrial times by 2100 based on existing policies. is closing fast. Pull together'.

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?? 2024 Climate Tech Oracle

Climate Tech VC

But it was also a year where the worlds of policy and finance became leading - not lagging - indicators. With money and jobs flowing to red states would Trump pull the plug on climate policy? Energy under the hood. Nuclear fission and fusion energy top the watch list.  Shayle Kann , Energy Impact Partners: Yes.