Lies, damned lies and..energy targets

Energy targets seem to be in vogue, but do they add value to policy-making? Malcolm Keay looks at the case for targets and how their effectiveness might be improved.

International Adaptation Finance: The Need for an Innovative and Strategic Approach

Dr Benito Müller, Director (Energy & Environment) of the OIES, presents an analysis of the numerous funding proposals that have recently been put forward to fill the 'adaptation funding chasm' and he proposes a strategic framework for the use of such international funding for adaptation in developing countries.

Politicians and prices - the itch to intervene

The temptation for EU governments to be seen to "do something" about rolling back energy prices has increased, is increasing and ought to be resisted, argues David Buchan.

Oil Prices: Fundamentals or Speculation?

In this presentation, Christopher Allsopp and Bassam Fattouh discuss the recent rise in oil prices to around $135 per barrel, arguing that the diminution of feedbacks has destabilised long term expectations of oil prices. This has resulted in an unlocking of the back end of the futures curve, leading to ‘indeterminacy’ and great uncertainty about ‘fundamentals’ – a situation which can lead to volatility and drifts in the oil price responding to quite small changes in ‘news’ about supply, demand or OPEC behaviour.

The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan, and Korea 2nd Edition

The period to 2020 will be crucial for Asian gas markets. It will determine whether natural gas can become an important fuel in the emerging energy markets of China and India; and the extent to which the fuel can expand its share in Japan and Korea.

This second and expanded edition of Natural Gas in Asia: The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan and Korea, both updates the conclusions of the first edition and places gas development in the energy context of the late 2000s: much higher global energy prices, greatly increased concern about carbon emissions, and the emergence of a global LNG market. This new context has important consequences for the development of gas transportation over long distances – whether by pipeline or LNG. The specific problems of these four major Asian countries and the regions from which they may get their gas in future: Russia, Middle East, South East Asia and Australia, are carefully assessed by nine acknowledged experts. More information.