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Map of Libya’s oil and natural gas infrastructure. Source: US Energy Information Administration (EIA) via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Elcano Blog
Challenges and opportunities in the neighbourhood Experts Comments

Libya: finding a way out of the labyrinth must be by way of the oil terminals

The decline in the oil price and the problems in restoring the level of exports are causing Libya’s economy and current accounts to haemorrhage.

By Gonzalo Escribano
15 Mar 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
New York City's daily carbon dioxide emissions as one-tonne spheres. Photo: Carbon Visuals / Flickr. Creative Commons License Attribution. Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Climate change and Big Data

Immense amounts of data from a wide variety of sources are becoming available at an incredible speed. What is the link between climate change and Big Data?

By Lara Lázaro Touza
09 Mar 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Plenary session of the COP21 for the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement (Paris, Le Bourget). Photo: Arnaud Bouissou - MEDDE / SG COP21. COP Paris / Flickr. Public Domain. Elcno Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

The Paris Climate Agreement could positively disrupt Latin America’s development

Even though the Paris Climate Agreement will not enter into force until 2020, Latin America should continue to develop and implement its climate policies.

By Guy Edwards
27 Jan 2016 //
6 mins Reading time
Presentation of the Draft Outcome Document of COP21, on 12 December. Photo: UN Photo / Mark Garten
Climate and energy Analyses

COP21 and the Paris Agreement: a diplomacy masterclass in search of greater climate ambition

The Paris Agreement is a turning point in the multilateral fight against climate change. Implementation will, however, be key in determining the extent of our collective will to limit dangerous interference with the climate system.

By Lara Lázaro Touza
11 Jan 2016 //
16 mins Reading time
Day 2 of the COP21 at Le Bourget, Paris (1/12/2015. Photo: Arnaud Bouissou–Medde / SG COP21 / Flickr. Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Lessons from the Paris Climate Summit: the inductive global governance

The Paris Climate Summit (COP21) has given rise to a new type of governance. The process has been undertaken from the bottom up.

By Andrés Ortega
22 Dec 2015 //
6 mins Reading time
Resource Governance. Image via Open Society Initative for South Africa (OSISA). Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

The EU and resource governance: rules and facts

Resource governance is a relatively novel issue in global and European energy governance

By Gonzalo Escribano
22 Oct 2015 //
5 mins Reading time
Climate and energy Experts Comments

The Energiewende and Germany’s Industrial Policy

The Energiewende is bringing about fundamental changes to Germany’s energy mix through short, medium and long term targets.

29 Jan 2015 //
4 mins Reading time
UN Climate Summit 2014. Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Riding solo in the climate change battle is working

04 Dec 2014 //
6 mins Reading time
Cheaper oil, geopolitical effects. Photo: non-euclidean photography (CC BY-NC 2.0). Elcano Blog
Climate and energy Experts Comments

Cheaper oil, geopolitical effects

Oil has already dropped to three-quarters of the price it had in June. This may have economic consequences: some wished for while others are to be feared.

By Andrés Ortega
21 Oct 2014 //
4 mins Reading time

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