Climate tech can’t scale on corporate generosity alone
Microsoft’s reported pull-back from carbon removal and even 2030 clean energy targets proves that the sector needs policy help.
The knock-on effects of the Israeli-US war on Iran have shaken the core of Gulf Arab states’ security and economic stability. Iranian retaliatory attacks have quickly broadened to include civilian and energy infrastructure in the Arabian Peninsula. In addition, several Iranian attacks on commercial vessels have effectively blockaded the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a transit point for one-fifth of global seaborne crude exports. Among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, Qatar has proven to be especially vulnerable. Its energy exports are dependent solely on...
Algeria and Libya are working to boost oil and gas output as their long-standing efforts in this domain gain urgency amid the Iran conflict
Europe is entering the 2026 gas injection season with its lowest level of gas in storage since 2018.
Almost 90 percent of the LNG that transited the Strait of Hormuz in 2025 was destined for Asian countries.
When the Iran War disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and tightened global gas balances, a familiar assumption quickly resurfaced: Russia, possessing the largest proven natural gas reserves in the world, would inevitably emerge as one of the principal beneficiaries.