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Issue Map 2008/2009 – Energy Industry Issues – Results NEED FOR MULTISTAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE WEAK SIGNALS CCS Climate Change Framework Fuelling Mobility Alternative Energy Iran Russia Terrorism Middle East Recession Energy Servicing Water OPEC/IEA Sustainable Cities Uncertainty Biofuels Currencies Latin America Energy Poverty Commodity Prices Investment Climate Nuclear Power US Large Scale Projects Inflation Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Markets Economic Nationalism Energy Efficiency India/China European Union LNG markets System Overstretch Corruption Talent NEED FOR ACTION Impact Macroeconomics Risks Issues Important in the Short Term Energy Geopolitics Energy Business Environment Energy Vision Issues Important in the Long Term World Economic Forum 1 Issue Map 2008/2009 – Energy Industry Issues – Questions Energy Business Environment Macroeconomics Risks Corruption Affecting leadership culture Economic Nationalism Protectionism and re-nationalization in the energy sector Investment Climate Market reform/ frameworks that promote investments and innovation Capital Markets Influence of private equity and sovereign wealth funds on capital flows Commodity Prices Still large profits constraint by increasing costs Economy/Currency Continued weak dollar … loosing primacy as global currency? Large Scale Projects Varying public acceptability in different regions Recession Global downturn (bringing down commodity prices) or "global decoupling"? Mergers and Acquisitions New wave and new features Inflation Risk for Dutch disease in producing countries System Overstretch Diminishing security margins Talent Attracting and retaining talent LNG markets Tight LNG markets after 2012 Energy Vision Energy - Geopolitics European Union New supply policies Alternative Energy From venture to scale India/China Impact on global energy systems Biofuels Mixed blessings Iran Risks for energy markets Carbon Capture and Storage Time requirement from pilot to scale Latin America Political uncertainty affecting investment opportunities Middle East Political uncertainty affecting supply security Climate Change Framework Route to Copenhagen and international convergence on future architecture Decommercialisation of natural gas: Russia and Iran driving the "natural gas OPEC" Energy Efficiency Scaling up and implementing solutions OPEC/IEA Energy Poverty Extending markets to unlikely areas Russia Political uncertainty affecting investment opportunities Energy Servicing Smartgrid, decentralized solutions, consumerism Terrorism Risks for energy markets Fuelling Mobility Fuelling future mobility needs US Change in priorities of new US administration: Middle East, climate change, interventionism Nuclear Power Old dogmas and new horizons Sustainable Cities Localization of energy policy Water Energy and water interlinkages as future risks World Economic Forum 2