Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

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Climate Change

Deep decarbonization: A realistic way forward on climate change

David G. Victor

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Climate threats and climate justice: Action and adaptation for sustainable development

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

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Climate Change

Renewables, land use, and local opposition in the United States

January 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses supporters after receiving the staff of command from indigenous people during the AMLO Fest at Zocalo square in Mexico City, Mexico December 1, 2018. Picture taken December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Order from Chaos

AMLO reverses positive trends in Mexico’s energy industry

Friday, December 20, 2019

Research

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Energy Security

The shifting energy landscape and the Gulf economies’ diversification challenge

Samantha Gross and Adel Abdel Ghafar

December 2019

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Climate Change

Accelerating the low carbon transition

David G. Victor, Frank W. Geels, and Simon Sharpe

Monday, December 9, 2019

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Report

The risk of fiscal collapse in coal-reliant communities

Adele Morris, Noah Kaufman, and Siddhi Doshi

Monday, July 15, 2019

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Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

The Saudi Aramco IPO breaks records, but falls short of expectations

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Figure 3: India's gross electricity generation by source

Brookings Now

Charts of the Week: Climate and energy

Friday, September 20, 2019

Climate protest near the White House in Washington, DC, September 13, 2019

PlanetPolicy

Around the halls: Brookings experts on what to watch for at the UN Climate Action Summit

David G. Victor, Todd Stern, Sahil Ali, Jeffrey Ball, Rick Duke, Samantha Gross, Christina Kwauk, Nathan Hultman, Jenny Schuetz, and Rahul Tongia

Thursday, September 19, 2019

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Events

Are trans-Atlantic relations obsolete? Discussing the future of the alliance with a special focus on joint action on climate change

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CET

Berlin, Germany

Leading carbon price proposals: A bipartisan dialogue

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Sustainable Energy for All CEO Rachel Kyte

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST

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Experts

Bruce Jones

Director - Project on International Order and Strategy

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, Project on International Order and Strategy

David G. Victor

Co-Chair - Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

Samantha Gross

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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Multimedia

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Climate Change

A global response to the climate crisis

Amar Bhattacharya, Samantha Gross, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 20, 2019

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Podcast Episode

China’s epic push for cleaner energy

Jeffrey Ball and David G. Victor

Friday, May 31, 2019

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) hold a news conference for their proposed "Green New Deal" to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. February 7, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC1FD2ED6050

Climate Change

Is the Green New Deal biting off too much?

Friday, February 8, 2019

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