Climate and Coronavirus Dominate Oil Industry’s Biggest Summit
- The energy transition was the focus at IP Week’s first day
- Fears over the spread of coronavirus kept some delegates away
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Two dark clouds loomed over the oil industry’s biggest gathering of traders and producers this year: climate change and the coronavirus.
Last year, protesters glued their hands to the doors of the conference venue complaining of record winter heat. This year, climate experts were invited in and given the floor.