The fall in commodity prices and a strong US dollar have had a negative impact on the world’s poorest economies whose budgets accumulated as much
Category: Geopolitics
China’s Mutual Funds Move Focus to Commodities
Chinese mutual fund industry is focusing on developing investment products connected to local commodity futures in an attempt to fight oversupply in China’s resource sector,
Four Major Oil Producers Announce Freeze Output at January Levels
Four major oil producers decided to freeze their production at January levels if other big energy exporters join, in response to which oil prices fell
The EU Energy Union: More Than the Sum of Its Parts?
Dieter Helm (Centre for European Reform) The development of a common strategy for the European Energy Union had long been neglected by EU institutions. This
Iran’s Playing with the OPEC Giants
Iran has recently considered sitting down at the negotiation table with oil giants over the global oil surplus which some observers interpret as an indication
Moscow’s Retaliation: Turkish Stream Pipeline Construction Suspended
Moscow has suspended construction works on the Turkish Stream pipeline, the proposed natural gas pipeline from the Russian Federation to Turkey across the Black Sea.
Climate Funds Routinely Own Stock in Conventional Oil Companies
A number of the world’s biggest environment-centered funds have shares in conventional gas and oil companies mixed with their renewable tech holdings such as solar,
EU and OECD Decrease Coal Subsidies
The European Union and eight OECD countries have committed themselves to decreasing state aid for coal-fired power stations in developing countries although many of them
US Airstrikes Destroy ISIS’ Oil Infrastructure for the First Time
Yesterday (16 November), the United States A-10 warplanes and two AC-130 gunships for the first time hit trucks used by the Islamic State to smuggle
Morocco on the Path to Become a Solar Superpower
Morocco’s giant solar project in the Sahara desert is taking the country on the path of the future superpower in renewable energy. The country’s city