Energy Minister Dubravka Dedovic Handanovic discussed future cooperation in Serbia’s oil sector with ADNOC executives in Abu Dhabi.

Serbia says ADNOC to take significant stake in NIS as Russian owners exit

EurOil - Europe Oil & Gas
By Tatyana Kekic in Belgrade 8 February 2026
ADNOC is expected to take a minority holding in a joint company with MOL that would become NIS’s majority owner.
Rising heat, flooding, and infrastructure strain are driving a surge in global climate adaptation costs, with the greatest burdens falling on the world’s most vulnerable regions, McKinsey warns.

Climate adaptation costs set to soar as global exposure rises - McKinsey

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 8 February 2026
The world faces escalating and uneven costs from climate adaptation as rising temperatures, extreme weather events and sea-level rise strain public finances and economic productivity, according to new research from the McKinsey Global Institute.
Half the world's power will be generated by renewables and nuclear by 2030, according to the IEA, but the distribution of generating capacity is uneven and the Global South will struggle to keep up with growing demand.

Half the world’s energy will come from renewables, nuclear by 2030 - IEA

REM - Renewable Energy
By Ben Aris in Berlin 8 February 2026
The International Energy Agency warned that while global electricity demand is set to surge over the next three years, the benefits of clean energy investment and rising renewable output remain unevenly distributed.
A gas pipeline to connect the vast gas fields in Nigeria with Europe is now 60% completed at a time when the EU is hunting for new reliable sources of gas.

Trans-Saharan gas pipeline gaining momentum

AfrOil - Africa Oil & Gas
By Ben Aris in Berlin 8 February 2026
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