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Australia energy policy will undermine emissions goals

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AUSTRALIA

Recent economic data provide mixed signals for the economy, although GDP growth and inflation forecasts remain unchanged. The most important domestic risks to the economic outlook…

South African mining could ride out lockdown period

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African post-lockdown mining.

Texas electricity reforms recognise rising demand

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UNITED STATES

After extreme cold caused the failure of much of its electricity system in February 2021, Texas coped with this summer’s high temperatures even though demand for power reached…

Ivorian energy plans could make it a regional hub

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IVORY COAST

In November, several companies, led by oil major Total, signed a shareholders’ agreement for a regasification terminal in Abidjan to import gas for new and existing power schemes…

Domestic concerns will drive China’s climate action

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CHINA

China's climate change policies.

External factors will prod Russia into climate action

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RUSSIA

This is still tentative planning but it indicates the Kremlin is being spurred into action by looming curbs on high-carbon products in China and the EU, Russia's key export…

Japan will make serious progress in decarbonisation

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JAPAN

This brings Japan into line with other countries ahead of the COP26 UN climate negotiations in November. Fully achieving decarbonisation targets will require fundamental…

Australia hydrogen optimism needs policy underpinning

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AUSTRALIA

The project is likely to be Australia’s first producer of green hydrogen on a commercial scale, supplying 410,000 tonnes annually when fully operational. Alongside Saudi Arabia…

Part-remote-part-office work models will evolve

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INTERNATIONAL

Employers' desire to get their employees back together in person will be at odds with most employees' wish for more remote working, post-pandemic. How the return to work is…