Business Talk – Daniel Yergin discusses the energy sector and his book “The New Map”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics.
He holds a BA from Yale University (where he founded The New Journal) and a PhD from Cambridge University.
Yergin founded the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) in 1982, which was acquired by information services provider his (now HIS Markit) in 2004 and then merged with S&P Global in 2022.
He is now the Vice Chairman of S&P Global, one of the world’s largest research and information companies.
Yergin recently published a new book titled “The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations,” which is one of the key topics of discussion in this Business Talk episode with Michael Avery.
Yergin begins by highlighting his journey to being named “America’s most influential energy pundit” by the New York Times.
He then talks about the global energy sector and how it is being massively impacted by the war between Ukraine and Russia.
He highlights how Eastern countries such as India and China are benefiting from energy deals with Russia and explains how this is affecting the global energy sector.
Yergin also unpacks whether cleaner energy source commitments could reduce the world’s reliance on Russia.
He then talks about the general issues facing the energy sector, such as climate change and the impact of the pandemic, which forced many nations to put their clean energy goals on hold.
Finally, Yergin provides his predictions for the state of the global energy sector.
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The full interview can be watched below.
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