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Methane hydrate innovation may alter power geopolitics

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INTERNATIONAL

If successful, it could provide a filip for Japan's drive to decarbonise its economy and for Japanese auto manufacturers' efforts to develop an alternative to battery powered…

Central Asian states face high climate change risks

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CENTRAL ASIA

Climate change in Central Asia.

China's role as trading hub for Russia will grow

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CHINA/RUSSIA

China has become an economic bridge, reselling Russian resources to the West and Western manufactured goods to Russia. This is primarily economic opportunism rather than…

Parts of South-east Asia may adopt nuclear post-2030

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

It is the only country in South-east Asia with a large-scale nuclear plant, although this was never loaded with fuel. Other countries in the region have tentative plans to develop…

EU moves will not stop Turkey prospecting off Cyprus

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EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS

Mitsotakis has chosen Cyprus for his first trip abroad two weeks after the EU announced sanctions against Turkey over prospecting operations in disputed parts of the seabed off…

Global supply chains will shift as disruptions persist

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INTERNATIONAL

The general cost of materials, components and finished goods are likely to follow suit in sectors where excess demand reverts to oversupply. However, significant supply chain…

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…

Russia's budget revenue forecast may prove optimistic

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RUSSIA

The Ministry of Finance is seeking new ways to boost federal revenues to fund rising military expenditure, as well as any pledges made during the forthcoming presidential election…

Lawsuits, not regulation, will shape US fracking

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UNITED STATES

The implications of new regulations on fracking.

Russian gas cut would hurt EU’s eastern members most

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EASTERN EUROPE

Energy exports have been Russia’s potent weapon against Europe since the Ukraine war began. When NS1 closed for maintenance in July, fears mounted that flows would not resume…