July 2021 News and Analysis from NRGI

Highlights

2021 Resource Governance Index
Over the course of July NRGI has released more country profiles from the 2021 Resource Governance Index. Assessments include Colombia's oil and gas (also in Spanish) and mining sectors (also in Spanish), Ghana's oil and gas and mining sectors, Guyana's oil and gas sector, Qatar's oil and gas sector (also in Arabic), and Tanzania's oil and gas and mining sectors. NRGI experts have also shared additional insights in commentary pieces on Ghana and Colombia. 

Gender and Extractive Governance: Lessons from Existing Legal and Policy Frameworks
NRGI and World Resources Institute experts examine how 12 countries' extractive sector laws, regulations, policies and guidelines reference women and gender. 

New Film: Women Ensure Sierra Leone’s Government Progresses on Gender Equity in Mining

Sierra Leone is rich in natural resources, but women in the country rarely benefit from this wealth. They often suffer high levels of poverty, gender-based violence and exclusion from key decision-making processes. Learn how that could change in this new video.
 

Social Progress in Mining-Dependent Countries: The role of good governance
NRGI president and CEO Suneeta Kaimal joined Newcrest CEO Sandeep Biswas, EITI chair Helen Clark, ICMM CEO Rohitesh Dhawan and Orano CEO Philippe Knoche to discuss the role of good mineral resource governance in sustainable development. Watch the recording.

Anglophone Africa Policy and Practive Course: Introduction to Extractive Industry Governance
The Africa Regional Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub, hosted at Strathmore University, invites applications to participate in its flagship course "Introduction to Extractive Industry Governance: Policy and Practice." The course will take place online and is free to successful applicants.

Blog posts

Climate Advocacy and the Politics of National Oil Companies
National oil companies will likely spend about USD 2 trillion on new oil and gas projects over the next decade. With such sizable investments expected, there is an urgent need for robust advocacy strategies to avoid dangerously pushing the world past 1.5°C

What Ghana’s 2021 Budget Reveals About Its Oil Fund Management
Ghanaians hoped that the country's 2021 budget would include steps to address both the immense challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and low revenues resulting from a downturn in crude oil prices.

Publications

Surplus or Shortage? The Challenge of Setting a Domestic Supply Obligation for Tanzania’s Offshore Gas
One of the priorities of Tanzania’s new president is negotiating a way forward for the country’s long-planned offshore gas project.

Stuck in the Past: Lessons on Emissions for Developing Oil Producers
The IEA has suggested a path to meeting the Paris Agreement goals. Humanity is still a long way from this trajectory, but data from the Global Carbon Project provides some hope.

Videos

Resource Governance Index Country Launches
View the latest Resource Governance Index launch recordings (for Ghana, Mongolia and Tanzania).

Climate Advocacy and the Politics of National Oil Companies

This third webinar in the NRGI-IISD series National Oil Companies and Climate Change focused on drivers and opportunities for transforming national oil companies across different types of political contexts, including the potential roles of investor and partner pressure, diplomatic initiatives and environmental advocacy groups. 

Qatar Petroleum and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Implications for State Companies in the Middle East and North Africa
State companies can play an important role in ensuring transparency in extractives. At this event speakers discussed the experience of Qatar Petroleum as an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative supporting company and drew key lessons.

Transition to the 1.5°C Future: Where Do 100 Oil and Gas Companies Stand?
The World Benchmarking Alliance hosted a webinar on the key findings from its Oil and Gas Benchmark which has assessed 100 companies on their alignment with a 1.5°C pathway needed to reach the Paris Agreement. NRGI's Patrick Heller joined the panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities for national oil companies to play a role in the renewable energy and diversification.

NRGI in the news and on the web

Colombia sees improved mining sector governance rating
BNamericas

The Multidimensional Indicator of Extractives-based Development (MINDEX): A new approach to measuring resource wealth and dependence
ScienceDirect

Energy Giants Sell Off Assets
Global Finance

Energy transition requires bold policies, choices – 2021 NRGI report
GhanaWeb

Energy transition requires bold policies, choices – 2021 NRGI report
The Business & Financial Times (Ghana)

Governance of Ghana’s mining, oil and gas sectors has improved, says NRGI
NorvanReports (Ghana)

Aluminum: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot. Why Car Companies Should Address the Human Rights Impact of Aluminum Production
Human Rights Watch

Oil, Gas and Mining in the Energy Transition
Publish What You Pay Indonesia

Tanzania mining, gas governance improves-RGI report
Africa Press Agency

Mining, gas governance improves-RGI report
Daily News (Tanzania)

Strong governance is key to improving the socio-economic wellbeing of mining dependent countries, according to new ICMM report
International Council on Mining & Metals

Life in mining-dependent countries on the up, ICMM report says
International Mining

Oil and gas governance here 'weak'
Stabroek News (Guyana)

Industry contracts are becoming mainstream, here’s how to deal with them
Africa Report

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Ikon News (Mongolia)