GRN News and Press, Barclays Bank PLC From 10/19/22

Summary Resource equities continued to exhibit remarkable resiliency during the quarter, with the S&P Global Natural Resources Index outpacing global equities and global bonds over the 3-month period. Macroeconomic themes mostly continued to dominate all resource equity-relate...

Summary With no end in sight for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, energy markets around the world look forward nervously as winter approaches. The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act has set the trend for deep decarbonization of the whole economy as well as net zero in the US...

Summary Energy infrastructure companies continue to make strides with clean energy initiatives – announcing new partnerships, projects, and acquisitions. From renewable fuels to carbon capture to hydrogen, the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act support clean energy i...

Summary The Energy Transitions Commission estimates that decarbonizing the global economy will require a $50 trillion investment in sustainable infrastructure through 2050. One area worth keeping an eye on is the commodity chemicals industry, which uses natural-gas-fired “c...

Summary As of the end of 2021, approximately 40 million metric tonnes per annum (MMtpa) was captured across 29 operational CCS facilities, globally. CCS provides a platform for low-carbon hydrogen production from natural gas or coal and provides an opportunity to bring low-carbon ...

Summary Fixing a price on carbon is the Everest of challenges in the effort to halt the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. The good news is that carbon markets are becoming an indispensable tool in the climate fight. Carbon pricing instruments now cover over 20% of globa...

Summary Climate Week NYC 2022 recently convened climate leaders across government, business, civil society, and science under the theme of “Getting It Done”. The event, now in its 14th year, covered a wide swathe of topics, including energy, nature, transport, enviro...

Summary One of the key points I’ve been discussing for the past two years is that the commodity markets are facing a unique set of policy-driven imbalances. When it comes to shortages across the fossil fuel space, the multi-year low in oil inventories has been only temporar...

Summary In August 2022, Santos took Final Investment Decision for the DPD project which will now see future Barossa gas being sent straight to the onshore Darwin LNG plant. Prior to the DPD plans, the planned Barossa gas export pipeline was to tie into the existing Bayu-Undan GEP ...

Summary On 16 August 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the IRA. The COVID-19-related global supply chain disruptions, extreme weather events, rising inflation, and the Russia-Ukraine crisis have pushed the cost of capital to record highs. Meanwhile, in China, surging c...