Patrick Heller

📢 Who is driving real change in resource governance? For 20 years, NRGI has worked alongside the people behind that progress. Now we want to recognize one of them. The NRGI Changemaker Award is open for nominations. 🗓 15 May 2026 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/nrgi-changemak… #NRGIat20

The conflict across the Middle East is devastating lives—and creating uncertainty for the region's economies and energy markets. Join us next week to explore what it means for the longer term. 28 April | 3 PM CET 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/events/price-i… #MENA #OilMarkets #EnergyTransition

Valuable discussion “strategic choices for an uncertain #energy future” hosted by @NRGInstitute — critical: aligning what #MNCs are investing in with a State’s political goals; national oil companies are not necessarily operators (Valerie Marcel & Francisco Monaldi).

Please join us tomorrow for a rich discussion on National Oil Company transformations, with a fantastic group of speakers!

Ghana has ratified the Ewoyaa lithium agreement. Now implementation begins and scrutiny matters most. In this video, NRGI’s @Patrickkwabena and @susfitzgerald explain why early decisions on lithium management will shape development outcomes. Read more: resourcegovernance.org/publications/s…

@patrickkwabena @thomasscurfield & @dsadjei outlined what this shift would take from government: ✅ Ground decisions in data-driven economics ✅ Address energy constraints from the start ✅ Communicate trade-offs openly Read more: investmenttimesonline.com/2026/03/25/ref… Full report coming soon.

Some governments are planning a transition away from oil. Others are doubling down. Meanwhile, investment is shifting, prices are volatile, demand is uncertain. For NOCs, this is a defining moment. The decisions made now will shape outcomes for decades. 👉 resourcegovernance.org/articles/pathw…

Are critical minerals the next big challenge for anticorruption work? NRGI is convening experts at #OECD Integrity Forum to unpack risks across supply chains—and what can be done. 📅 26 Mar · 16:30 CET 🎥 oecd-events.org/e/gacif/en/reg… #Anticorruption #CriticalMinerals

@AndreaFurnaro Piece is here: resourcegovernance.org/publications/n…. We draw on examples from Colombia to Thailand & everywhere in between to lay out factors to consider in evolving business strategies, defining strategic focus and assessing risk appetite - of the NOC and the broader economy.

New report out today - led by @AndreaFurnaro w/ many others - on how Nat'l Oil Co's build transformation agendas. Important step for NOCs and their govts - not to clutch onto the past or focus on what NOT to do, but build systematic approach to assessing new opportunities 1/

For an in-depth analysis of foreign investment in the Venezuelan oil sector, please check our work at @CES_Baker_Inst @BakerInstitute with @igorhernandezr and Jose R. La Rosa bakerinstitute.org/sites/default/…

📢 We’re hiring! NRGI is looking for a Zambia-based consultant to support our work on transition minerals governance. 🗓 Feb 2026–Jan 2027
📍 Zambia
📄 ToR: resourcegovernance.org/sites/default/… 
🗓 Deadline: January 8, 2026 Apply if you’re passionate about #CriticalMinerals, #ExtractiveGovernance, and a just #EnergyTransition #Zambia #Consultancy #MiningGovernance #South-South learning exchange.   @tgikoli7 @ibrahimaaidara1 @prpheller

The new JTWP text at #COP30 cuts minerals despite their importance. But there’s still time for Parties to act. 📣 Join our COP30 Media briefing today: Why minerals still matter for COP30 🕞 15:30 PM (BRT) | Press Conference Room 2 🔗 Online: unfccc.int/event/natural-…

As #COP30 enters its final hours, NRGI’s @PedroZapata underscores the need for strong minerals governance and why producer-country priorities must count. 📣 15:30 Belém: NRGI COP30 press briefing on why minerals must stay in the final JTWP text 🔗 unfccc.int/event/natural-…

Alarm bells! As #COP30 negotiations reach 11th hour, latest text has dropped all references to minerals — despite their central role in the shift away from fossil fuels. Final push underway, press briefing today at 3:30 Belem time (in person and virtual): unfccc.int/event/natural-…

What does a just transition mean for oil-producing regions that have powered the world for decades? From the Niger Delta to the Amazon, Campeche, Putumayo, the Tano Basin and Tataouine, communities are already feeling the pressure of declining oil revenues. 🧵 1/4

At #COP30, voices from the Amazon and beyond are calling for a transition shaped by their realities. NRGI's Juliana Peña Niño reflects on how these calls echo our narratives work in Colombia and why a just transition must start with listening. 🎥 Watch her COP30 reflections

AGN AND AFRICA CLIMATE FOUNDATION HIGHLIGHT EQUITABLE CLIMATE FINANCE AT CLIMATE SUMMIT At the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8-10 September, the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) and the Africa Climate Foundation highlighted the importance of not losing focus on climate finance During a mandated event Climate Finance Demands ahead of COP30, held at the summit, speakers called for unity and clarity on the delivery of climate finance. Key points included; · The need for climate finance conversations to be grounded in science—Africa contributes less than 4% of global emissions but suffers worst impacts of climate change. Discussions therefore revolved on the importance of equity and justice; · The importance of climate finance to be predictable, fair and equitable. Speakers voiced the long-standing view that developed countries must meet the agreed full cost in accordance with common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities –CBDRC principle, calling for action that ensures strong domestic systems in order to avoid irreversible losses from climate change impacts. Ahead of COP30 in Belem, “Africa expects progress and concretization of the US$1.3 trillion in the context of the roadmap,” said Dr. Richard Muyungi, Chair of the AGN. “Half of this amount must be for adaptation. Africa expects reduction complex access procedures, reforms of the international financial architecture. Africa expects real decisions that target poverty reduction and enhances attainment of sustainable development goals. This means getting Africa out of poverty traps and reduced debt burdens. Climate finance must be grant based and not debt driven. It is about justice and compensation,” Dr. Muyungi demanded. And in their summit declaration, African leaders overwhelmingly agreed to mobilise climate finance for adaptation to cut losses as some African nations are losing between 2-5% of their GDP to climate extremes, while climate extremes are forcing some countries to allocate up to 9% of their national budgets to disaster response. “We emphasize that adaptation to climate change and disasters is Africa’s foremost priority. Thus, adaptation to climate change and disasters, access to clean water and sanitation, food and nutrition resilience, climate resilient cities and infrastructure, climate-resilient health systems and access to reliable energy, are among Africa’s priorities,” reads part of the summit declaration that leaders adopted @_AfricanUnion @ACS2ET @UNEP_Africa @RoseMwebaza #climatefinance

🇲🇽 As Mexico updates its climate commitments, Pemex must be part of the equation. At #OGPSummit2025, NRGI’s @mfballe shared how including the national oil company in the country’s new NDC could make climate goals more credible and effective. 🔗 resourcegovernance.org/articles/pemex…

NRGI welcomes Ibrahima Aidara as deputy Africa director! 🎉 Based in Dakar, he will provide oversight of NRGI’s programs across sub-Saharan Africa, working with governments, CSOs and communities to strengthen resource governance. Meet @IbrahimaAidara1: resourcegovernance.org/person/ibrahim…