Cooling the Planet: COP29 Affirms Global Climate Action

(UNEP, 19.Nov.2024) — Following the landmark launch of the Global Cooling Pledge at COP28, ministers and leaders from over 30 countries, joined by partners from intergovernmental organizations and civil society, came together at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, to chart a bold path forward for sustainable cooling. The Ministerial Roundtable on Delivering the Global Cooling […]

Adaptation Gap Report 2024 [PDF Download]

(UNEP, 7.Nov.2024) — As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s poorest, The Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance. The report finds that progress in adaptation financing is not fast enough […]

Petrobras 3Q:24 Hydrocarbon Production in Two Charts

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Oct.2024) — Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras reported total hydrocarbon production of 2,689 Mboe/d in the third quarter 2024 (3Q:24), down 0.8% sequentially compared to the 2Q:24 and down 7.9% compared the 3Q:23.  RELATED STORY: Petrobras Reports 3Q:24 Output of 2.7 MMboe/d (PDF Download) Importantly, Petrobras was forced to […]

Biden-Harris List Top Climate Accomplishments

(Energy Analytics Institute, 28.Jan.2024) — US President Joe Biden said 28 Jan 2024 on X, formerly Twitter, that “climate action offers an opportunity for the nation to come together and do some really big things.” Some of the top climate accomplishments to date of the Biden-Kamla Harris term follow, according […]

EAI’s NRGBriefs: Dec. 2023

(Energy Analytics Institute, 31.Dec.2023) — Energy briefs as well as others related to finance and projects during Dec. 2023 including why Venezuela wants to annex the Essequibo; Petrobras acquiring 29 blocks in the Pelotas basin in the 4th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle of the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas […]

Rainforest Nations Back Projects Funded Through Carbon Market

(Equitable Earth, 3.Dec.2023) — Today at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Ministers and Indigenous leaders from the most important tropical forests in the world spoke at the launch of Equitable Earth – a new voluntary carbon market standard designed to drive climate finance directly to Indigenous peoples and traditional communities. […]

Rockefeller Foundation Commits $100mn for Climate Solutions

(The Rockfeller Foundation, 2.Dec.2023) — The Rockefeller Foundation is announcing a $100mn commitment to address the health impacts of climate change. Joining 40 multilateral development banks, governments, philanthropies, and civil society organizations, the Foundation also endorsed the Guiding Principles for Financing Climate and Health Solutions, launched today at the World Climate Action Summit, […]

NatGas in Transition to Low-Carbon Economies [PDF Download]

(IGU, OLADE, ARPEL, 17.Apr.2023) — The world needs to transition to low-carbon economies to reduce global warming while continuing to promote sustainable socioeconomic development for a growing global population. Achieving this massive goal requires a radical transformation in how energy is supplied and used worldwide, as 73% of global greenhouse […]

Petrobras on Climate Supplement

(Petrobras, 29.Mar.2023) — Petrobras released the new edition of its Climate Supplement. The document details information regarding Petrobras’ emissions performance in 2022, in addition to the progress made in indicators related to climate change commitments. The Climate Supplement also presents how the challenges of climate change are reflected in the […]

Brazil is in Water Crisis

(Nature, 8.Dec.2021) — Brazil has the largest amount of fresh water in the world. Two-thirds of what flows in the Amazon River alone could supply the world’s demand. Yet much of the nation now faces drought. It’s the worst in many decades in a nation that grows more than one-third […]

Wood Mac Weighs In On Key COP26 Takeaways

(WoodMac, 15.Nov.2021) — Following the conclusion of the COP26 on 13 November, Wood Mackenzie experts weigh in on the key developments of the conference.   Jonny Sultoon, global head of markets and transitions, said: “Wood Mackenzie sees the COP26 as a qualified success.   “The big splash was the announcement […]

Argentina Sets CO2 Emissions Target

(Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Sep.2021) — Argentina presented its second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) plan in December 2020 to update its commitment to limiting greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation goals. The South American country’s national mitigation goal is “absolute, unconditional, and applicable to all sectors of the economy,” according to details […]

Brazil Warns Of Energy Crisis

(Reuters, 1.Sep.2021) — Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque is warning that the country’s energy crisis is worse than previously thought, as a record drought hampers hydropower generation. In a televised national address on Tuesday, preempting the nightly news, Albuquerque said the crisis had deepened, with water reserves at […]

Oil Price Windfall A ‘Golden Opportunity’

(WoodMac, 19.Aug.2021) — Oil and gas companies must use the current cash flow windfall opportunity to speed up decarbonisation of their businesses, global natural resources consultancy Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq: VRSK) said in a report released today. Stakeholders are demanding greater accountability for carbon emissions along the value […]

LatAm Countries To Discuss Climate Actions

(Governmenf of Panama, 20.Aug.2021) — The Governments of Argentina, Barbados, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Panama will co-organize the “High-Level Dialogue on Climate Action in the Americas”, on 8 September 2021. The event will bring together representatives of governments, private and financial sector, multilateral financial institutions , […]

Brazil LNG Demand Heading For Record Year

(Argus, 10.May.2021) — Brazil is on track to import a record volume of LNG this year because of persistent dry weather coupled with the commissioning of new LNG-to-power projects. As arid conditions dragged on into April, the electricity sector monitoring committee (CMSE) cleared the dispatch of thermoelectric plants and electricity […]

Achieving Paris Goals To Upend Markets

(WoodMac, 15.Apr.2021) — If the world acts decisively to limit global warming to 2°C by 2050, the scale of change will revolutionise the energy industry. Progressive electrification will squeeze the most polluting hydrocarbons out of the energy mix, nearly eliminating their markets. Oil demand will shrink, and with it, so […]

Ecopetrol Eyes Net Zero Emissions By 2050

(Ecopetrol, 25.Mar.2021) — In line with its commitment to mitigate climate change, further the energy transition and its TESG agenda[1], Ecopetrol Group announces its goal of net zero emissions by 2050. Ecopetrol is the first company in the Oil and Gas industry in Latin America to establish this ambitious goal, […]

Shell Going ‘Green’, Plans Steady Drop In Oil Business

(AP, 12.Feb.2021) — Royal Dutch Shell, one of the multinationals that has defined the oil industry, is slowly turning away from the fossil fuel that made its fortune over the decades, but also worsened a global climate crisis The company said on Thursday that its production of oil peaked before […]

ExxonMobil Reveals Emission Reduction Plans

(Exxon, 14.Dec.2020) — ExxonMobil plans further reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years to support the goals of the Paris Agreement and anticipates meeting year-end 2020 reductions. — Greenhouse gas plans consistent with goals of Paris Agreement — Sets 2025 greenhouse gas emission reduction plan: intensity of […]

Petrobras Creates Climate Change Exec Management

(Petrobras, 3.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, reinforcing the growing importance of the transition to low carbon in the company, informs the creation of the Climate Change Executive Management, which will be responsible for leading actions related to carbon management, reduction of air emissions, energy efficiency and climate change. The new structure will […]

Petrobras Reinforces Climate Change Initiatives

(Petrobras, 3.Nov.2020) — Petrobras, reinforcing the growing importance of the transition to low carbon in the company, informs the creation of the Climate Change Executive Management, which will be responsible for leading actions related to carbon management, reduction of air emissions, energy efficiency and climate change. The new structure will […]

OGCI Sets Carbon Intensity Target

(OGCI, 16.Jul.2020) — The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) announced a target to reduce the collective average carbon intensity of member companies’ aggregated upstream oil and gas operations to between 20 kg and 21 kg CO2e/boe by 2025, from a collective baseline of 23 kg CO2e/boe in 2017. — […]

Piñera Presents COP 25 Chile Citizens’ Agenda

(Chile Energy Ministry, 2.Sep.2019) — President Piñera presents the COP 25 Chile citizens’ agenda: “Chile is calling on everyone to fight together to prevent climate change and global warming from ending in tragedy.” The agenda is intended to educate, raise awareness and mobilize people. It will be deployed throughout Chile […]