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Global gas squeeze highlights need for security of supply – report

Smart Energy International

Last year closed with record high spot prices for gas in Europe and Asia, as the natural gas supply remained constricted. High natural gas prices negatively affected demand from industrial consumers, who either switched to alternative fuels or reduced output in the last few months of 2021. The rest of the world remains broadly flat.

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It's not totally unlike a comet

Business Green

billion people live in areas that are "highly vulnerable" to climate change, key ecosystems are losing their ability to store carbon, many low lying areas are facing a future of inundation, and millions of people face drastically increased risk of deadly heatwaves, floods, and droughts. As the report makes clear, between 3.3 billion and 3.6

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal.