The Brief – April 2023

Scenario Planning for Supply Chain Risk Management – Part Two

Prioritizing Mitigation Options and the Use of Monitoring and Triggers

By Bill McBeath

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Part Two of this series uses the example of the risk of a China-Taiwan-US war to examine how to weigh and prioritize multiple mitigation options, as well as the use of monitoring and triggers to guide level-headed decision-making during a crisis. We also look at various other examples of high-uncertainty risks where ChainLink’s Framework for Mitigating Risk in High-Uncertainty Scenarios could be usefully applied. [Read Scenario Planning Part Two]

Carbon-Offset LNG: Africa’s Transition Fuel

Carbon-Offset LNG provides a transition fuel to help the world meet carbon emissions reduction goals, especially in the near-term. Africa has a combination of sizeable natural gas reserves and opportunities for legitimate large-scale carbon-offset projects, such as massive afforestation efforts across the entire Sahel. [Read Carbon-Offset LNG Africa]

Green Hydrogen’s Role in Enabling Zero-Emissions Transportation – Part One

As the world transitions to zero-emissions transportation, it looks at first glance like battery-powered vehicles will dominate and hydrogen-powered vehicles are almost nowhere to be seen. While this is undoubtedly true for passenger vehicles and light trucks, it will be a different story for ocean-faring ships and possibly for long-haul trucks and trains. In this first in our three-part series, we look at why hydrogen is likely to play a key role for these modes of transportation as we transition to low/zero-emissions transport. [Read Green Hydrogen’s Role in Zero-Emissions Transportation]