• Opinion

  China’s bull run keeps it top dog in renewables

  • 23 2月 2022

  China just re-wrote the global energy record book. Driven by the country’s surging economic growth, 2021 saw China record the largest ever absolute annual increase in electricity demand by any country in history.

• Opinion

  Why a carbon-neutral Winter Olympics matters to China

  • 10 2月 2022

  There is little doubt the Beijing 2022 organisers have gone to great lengths to achieve carbon neutrality, but does it actually matter?

• Opinion

  Asia Pacific: a changing outlook for commodities

  • 30 8月 2022

  A preview of our Energy & Natural Resources Summit: APAC

• News Release

  Asia Pacific could become a global leader in the energy transition

  • 21 2月 2024

  Home to half of the world’s population and contributing a third to the global GDP, the Asia Pacific region is expected to maintain a 50% share of global primary energy demand and a 60% share of global carbon emissions until 2050. This trend is unlikely to change without strong policy action and investment. However, the region still has the potential to turn these challenges into opportunities and become a global leader in the energy transition.

• The Edge

  China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns away from coal

  • 09 11月 2023

  Renewables now dominate new projects under construction

• Opinion

  The future of coal in the global energy sector

  • 20 8月 2024

  Despite resilient markets, instability presides over the future of coal as energy transition efforts accelerate and regulations tighten on emitters

• Opinion

  Breaking down the barriers to grid innovation

  • 31 5月 2024

  When you need more transmission capacity to connect up wind and solar and data centres, but it’s hard to build new lines, innovative grid technologies could be the answer. The Biden administration is trying to break down barriers to deployment.

• News Release

  World heading for a 3°C warming trajectory, as political headwinds slow the energy transition

  • 02 5月 2024

  A five-year delay to the energy transition could see the global average temperature rise to 3°C above pre-industrial levels.

• Featured

  Five trends that will cut global emissions in 2021

  • 27 1月 2021

  Even a global pandemic couldn’t keep climate change from climbing the corporate agenda in 2020, and that momentum will only build in 2021. Which trends will have the biggest impact on extractive industries like oil and gas and mining in the year ahead? Read our analysts’ predictions.

• News Release

  The Australian energy crisis highlights the need for new gas supply

  • 29 8月 2022

  With prices soaring 400%, government is challenged to find the delicate balance of energy security and net zero goals

• News Release

  Bulks most affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict; rising power prices a key concern

  • 15 2月 2022

  Trade dislocations due to sanctions, high power prices and disruption to production facilities in the conflict zone are three major threats to the metals and mining industry as result of escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine, says Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  Metals and mined commodity price spikes could signal long-lasting changes

  • 24 3月 2022

  The combination of factors including the Russia-Ukraine conflict, stimulated economies, thriving post-pandemic demand, and ongoing Covid constraints on logistics have put supply chains under immense stress, triggering multiple price records for metals and mined commodities.

• News Release

  Russia-Ukraine war could slow global economic growth to 2.5% this year

  • 12 4月 2022

  Global economic growth could slow to 2.5% year-on-year in 2022 and 0.7% in 2023 due to the Russia-Ukraine war, says Wood Mackenzie.

• Content

  The big ban: global commodities in a post-Ukraine-war world

  • 16 6月 2022

  War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. Read more.

• News Release

  Complete ban on Russian commodity exports accelerate LNG growth and energy transition

  • 16 6月 2022

  War in Ukraine is transforming the outlook for the supply, demand and price of hydrocarbons and the pace and cost of the energy transition. While the precise timing and implementation of future bans on Russian commodity imports are difficult to predict, a rewriting of energy trade flows is now underway.

• News Release

  Energy transition may shave 2% off global GDP by 2050

  • 20 1月 2022

  The world has the means, motive and opportunity to cap global warming to the 1.5°C limit agreed in the Paris Climate Accord, new research released today by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk company (Nasdaq: VRSK) shows. But there will be tangible economic implications of an accelerated energy transition. While global economic output is likely to take a hit until 2050, it could be recoverable by the end of the century, according to Wood Mackenzie.

• Content

  Back to the future: the Horizons year in review

  • 09 12月 2021

  We touched on a number of issues this year with our new thought-leadership series. Post-COP26, it's time to review the articles and put them in recent context.

• Comment

  China’s GDP to further decelerate in Q4 2021

  • 01 12月 2021

  China’s economy has faced headwinds from flooding, Covid outbreaks and power rationing in H2 2021. This resulted in a steeper-than-expected economic slowdown for the third quarter, says Wood Mackenzie

• News Release

  Steel sector emissions must fall 75% under 2°C scenario

  • 10 8月 2021

  Carbon emissions in the steel sector must fall by 75% from today’s levels to limit global warming to within 2 degree Celsius (°C), says Wood Mackenzie.

• Comment

  China pledges to end overseas coal investments

  • 22 9月 2021

  President Xi Jinping announced that China will end coal investments overseas.

• News Release

  China could ease restrictions on Australian coal and increase supply to alleviate power crunch

  • 08 10月 2021

  Wood Mackenzie believes that Chinese authorities could allow customs clearance of stranded Australian thermal coal. In addition, the local governments in Yulin region of Shaanxi province and Inner Mongolia have announced yesterday that they will be increasing coal supply to meet demand.

• Opinion

  This is not a drill: key lessons from GB power price spikes

  • 27 10月 2021

  The GB power market has been hit hard by a painful combination of high commodity prices, pre-winter levels of availability and low wind output.

• Comment

  China announces 'indefinite suspension of activities' under Strategic Economic Dialogue with Australia

  • 06 5月 2021

  China’s state planner the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced today an “indefinite suspension of all activities under China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue”. Wood Mackenzie experts weigh in on the event.

• News Release

  Carbon neutrality goal forces Chinese aluminium smelters away from captive coal power

  • 19 4月 2021

  China’s march towards carbon neutrality is forcing its aluminium smelters away from using captive coal-fired power, says Wood Mackenzie.

• News Release

  Asia Pacific renewables generation investments could hit US$1.3 trillion by 2030

  • 22 6月 2021

  Asia Pacific renewables (wind and solar) generation investments could double to US$1.3 trillion over the current decade to 2030 compared to the previous decade (2011 – 2020), says Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business (Nasdaq:VRSK).

• Comment

  What would an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism mean?

  • 14 7月 2021

  The EU Commission proposed a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) as part of today’s “Fit for 55” package. James Whiteside, global head of multi-commodity research at Wood Mackenzie, said: “As the first mechanism of its kind, the CBAM is being designed in consultation with industry to avoid unintended consequences. “A CBAM that does not cover a substantial portion of the production chain will encourage carbon leakage - pushing emissions beyond the borders of the EU or shifting competition between EU and non-EU producers to the next stage of the value chain.”

• Comment

  Japan’s new 2030 energy mix unveils radical plans to transform the energy system

  • 27 7月 2021

  Last week, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a draft of its upcoming 6th Strategic Energy Plan which included major changes to the FY2030 power generation mix targets.

• Webinar

  Webinar| An accelerated energy transition: scenario analysis for a 1.5 degree pathway

  • 17 2月 2021

  A 1.5-degrees pathway requires the world to peak carbon emissions immediately and reach net zero by 2050. With the US re-joining the Paris agreement, the probability to achieve these goals has improved. But let’s not undermine the challenge because the energy sector alone cannot deliver it.

• Horizons

  Eye on the tiger: how higher Indian economic growth could impact global energy markets

  • 20 3月 2025

  In this edition of Horizons, we consider the implications of higher Indian growth for global energy markets.

• Horizons

  The great reopening: what the end of China’s ’zero-Covid’ strategy means for global energy and natural resources.

  • 23 3月 2023

  What the end of China's 'zero Covid' strategy means for global energy and natural resources