Key energy-related and environmental trends are:
ENERGY-RELATED:
- Royal Dutch Shell warn of higher oil prices/volatility for foreseeable future (22/9/11)
- Oil “surges” on news of Eurozone deal (11/10/11)
- German Bundeswehr publish English language report on peak oil (21/9/11)
- UK faces “energy gap” in two to four years (3/10/11)
- “EU faces 20 years of rising electricity costs” says EU report (17/10/11)
- UK shale gas finds, but controversial and small (22/9/11)
- Regional tensions over oil (South China Sea) (17/10/11)
- Renewable energy investment finally passes fossil fuels (25/11/11)
ENVIRONMENTAL:
- Climate change continues: floods in Thailand, Australia (20/10/11, 13/1/11)
- Sony cites Thai floods as contributing to $1.2bn loss (2/11/11)
- Oceans in crisis — more than 90% of big fish eaten since 1960 (6/9/11)
- Oceans’ chemistry is primed for mass extinction (22/6/11)
- Even pristine coral reefs being put under pressure (3/10/11)
- Massive die-off of trees, worldwide (3/10/11)
Other specific trends will affect individual businesses.
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