There’s a new wave of chatter and press coverage about carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. But not because it’s now a real climate solution.

Global oil inventories are approaching critically low levels, while oil prices remain remarkably modest. So what gives? We examine the data in search of a clue to what happens next.

One of the most illuminating ways of understanding what needs to be done is to think about how individual countries can navigate their own “mid-transitions.”