Bank expects metals and agriculture will continue to see modest price gains in the coming year, at 2% and 1% respectively.

Renewable energy could see further gains following next month's election.

The forecast for a La Nina is helping drive spot LNG prices for winter.

Democratic $2 trillion clean-energy plan aims to edge natural gas out of the power mix within 15 years.

In the third quarter, 17 oil producers sought bankruptcy protection, fueling a 21% jump in such filings in the first nine months of 2020 from a year earlier.

According to Urgewald, at least $10.5 billion was invested in new direct fossil fuel project finance.

Decision to give the go-ahead to Santos Ltd.'s $2.6 billion coal-seam gas project follows a decade-long struggle with environmentalists and regulators.

Moscow seeks to plug a budget gap left by lower oil prices and the covid-19 pandemic.