 Issue 10December 2008ContentsFeaturesWhichever market you are planning to set up business or invest in, a secure and affordable energy supply is essential. But today it also has to be sustainable and low carbon. Paul Garrett reports.  Few places on the planet have a higher profile than Rio de Janeiro. But the city – and the regional state of the same name – is so much more than sun-kissed beaches and carnivals, and brims over with natural and manmade wealth. Energy development in Africa has always presented special problems, many deriving from the continent’s fractured and traumatic history as it emerged from its colonial chains. Paul Garrett and Sam Olsen report. Legislation that has created a trading market in emissions has also created a series of investment and business opportunities, writes Paul Garrett. Andrew Jackson CEO of KPMG Al Fozan & Al Sadhan in Saudi Arabia talks to Pathfinder Business about the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and the economic challenges. |
