How war in the Middle East is reshaping the energy landscape

About this episode

This episode discusses how the war in the Middle East is affecting global energy management, featuring insights from Lord John Browne at CERAWeek 2026.

This week's episode of the All Thin gs Sustainable podcast brings you coverage from CERAWeek, the annual weeklong energy conference that S&P Global hosts in Houston, Texas. Known as the "Davos of energy ," the gatherin g convene s government and private sector leaders from a cross the energy ecosystem. At CERAWeek 2026, w e hea rd how war in the Middle East is reshaping the way companies and countries manage the energy trilemma of energy securit y, energy aff ordability and energy sustainability. "It reminds us again that energy security requires diversity of sources and supply chains," Lord John Browne tells us in an interview on the sidelines of the conference. "It will remind us again that we have to think about the energy mix." Lord Browne was G roup C hief E xecutive of oil and gas major British Petroleum (BP) from 1995 to 2007 and is now C hairman and C o- F ounder of BeyondNetZero , the climate growth equity fund of investment firm General Atlantic. Climate r emains on the agenda, he says, "but it has to be blended as always, with security and with affordability." Learn more about CERAWeek 2026 here: CERAWeek by S&P Global | The World's Premier Energy Conference |…

People in this episode

Host: S&P Global

Guest: Lord John Browne

Topics covered

• energy security
• Middle East conflict
• energy trilemma
• CERAWeek
• sustainability
• affordability

Keywords

• energy landscape
• CERAWeek
• energy mix
• energy affordability
• energy sustainability
• Lord John Browne
• Middle East war

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P Global, British Petroleum (BP), BeyondNetZero

Places: Houston, Texas

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