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International Adaption Finance July 2008
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.
To access the item, please follow the link in the title or go to:
http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/EV42.pdf
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.
To access the item, please
follow the link in the title or go to:
http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/comment_0708-1.pdf
New OIES Gas Programme Book and
New OIES Presentation June 2008
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.
http://www.oxfordenergy.org/presentations/OilandSpeculationJune2008.pdf
Natural Gas in Asia
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 eight acknowledged experts.
New OIES
Presentations May 2008
IMalcolm Keay looks at the
prospects for a nuclear renaissance in the UK. He concludes that
significant new nuclear construction is unlikely to take place
unless the government is prepared to make compromises on market
liberalisation.
http://www.oxfordenergy.org/presentations/nuclear_renaissance.pdf
The oil sectors in four North African
countries, Algeria, Libya, Egypt and Sudan. It analyses the
evolution of foreign oil companies' involvement in these countries
and review the oil contracts in use and fiscal terms on offer. It
then draws some lessons concerning the relationship between domestic
governments and foreign oil companies and the impact of fiscal terms
on the investment environment.
http://www.oxfordenergy.org/presentations/North_African_Oil.pdf
Adequate financing for electricity supply has been a persistent
problem in developing countries.
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