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Climate and energy

Blackouts in Venezuela: why the power system failed and how to fix it.
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Blackouts in Venezuela: why the power system failed and how to fix it

Electricity rationing has become routine over the past decade in Venezuela. However, this blackout quickly proved to be different to most.

By Lisa Viscidi, Nate Graham
22 Apr 2019 //
6 mins Reading time
UN Secretary-General António Guterres during COP24 in Katowice. Photo: Sebastian Indra/MSZ (CC BY-NC 2.0)
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Climate action rules at COP 24: where the rubber hits the road

The mandate for COP 24 is to finalise a rulebook that will bring the Paris Agreement alive.

By Lara Lázaro Touza
04 Dec 2018 //
6 mins Reading time
Sonatrach headquarters in Oran, Algeria. Photo: Maya-Anaïs Yataghène from Paris, France (Algérie - Oranie) (Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0). Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

The CEO who is changing Algeria’s energy landscape

The new Sonatrach team’s reformist spirit opens a window of opportunity to establish a closer cooperation framework between the EU and Algeria.

By Gonzalo Escribano
28 Nov 2018 //
4 mins Reading time
Algiers. Photo: OMAR-MALO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Analyses

Algerian presidential elections and the energy reform agenda

A new hydrocarbon law seems imminent in Algeria and progress has been made in improving the country's relations with international oil and gas companies. However, it appears that the introduction of substantive reforms will have to wait for the 2019 presidential elections.

By Gonzalo Escribano
26 Nov 2018 //
27 mins Reading time
Europe and Latin America can blaze a trail on implementing the Paris Agreement. Photo: Elcano Royal Institute ©. Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Europe and Latin America can blaze a trail on implementing the Paris Agreement

The EU and Latin American nations have the opportunity to ramp up their collective ambition and actions on climate change and the Paris Agreement.

By Guy Edwards
13 Jul 2018 //
7 mins Reading time
Three reasons to be ambitious with the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Three reasons to be ambitious with the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law

Spain's ratification of the Paris Agreement: an ambitious text in line with our international climate commitments.

27 Jun 2018 //
9 mins Reading time
Oil pump in Baku. Photo: Gulustan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Climate and energy Analyses

Energy in 2018: geopolitical tensions OPEC+ and Trump Year II

The year 2018 points to oil prices above the 2017 average, to a tightening of geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East and to a growing rivalry between OPEC+ and unconventional producers in the US.

By Gonzalo Escribano
17 Apr 2018 //
28 mins Reading time
Wind turbines in Tarifa. Photo: Hernán Piñera (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Climate and energy Analyses

Climate change in 2018: from post-Trump global climate governance to Spain

What climate change developments are foreseeable in 2018 at the global level, in the EU-28 and in Spain?

05 Mar 2018 //
15 mins Reading time
Year one of Trump’s energy policy. Demonstrator against the Dakota Access Pipeline at a rally in Philadelphia.
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Year one of Trump’s energy policy

Trump will have to choose between his election promises or take on the business and market dynamics of his country's energy policy.

By Gonzalo Escribano
30 Jan 2018 //
9 mins Reading time

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Venezuela and Trump

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Doha Forum 2025. Paths to Prosperity in Latin America: the role of cross-regional diplomacy

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