Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

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Energy Industry

Baking a “jellyroll”: How batteries get made

Jeffrey Ball

Friday, May 24, 2019

The battery pack for a 2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid is installed under the floor beneath the rear seats in this cutaway display for media unveiling in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., May 15, 2019. Picture taken May 15, 2019. REUTERS/Joe White - RC136138EB70

Energy Industry

The race is on to build a better battery

Jeffrey Ball

Fortune Friday, May 24, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump departs after announcing his decision that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX38LPW

Climate Change

Leaving the Paris Agreement is a bad deal for the United States

Rick Duke

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Flames emerge from the flare stacks at the West Qurna-1 oilfield, which is operated by Exxon Mobil, near Basra, Iraq, May 20, 2019. Picture taken May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani - RC1D78173900

Energy Industry

Implications of American-produced oil and gas on the GCC economies

Samantha Gross

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Research

Workforce Development

Advancing inclusion through clean energy jobs

Mark Muro, Adie Tomer, Ranjitha Shivaram, and Joseph W. Kane

April 18, 2019

India

Early life exposure to outdoor air pollution: Effect on child health in India

Prachi Singh, Sagnik Dey, Sourangsu Chowdhury, and Kunal Bali

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Energy Industry

Coal in India

Rahul Tongia and Samantha Gross

Friday, March 8, 2019

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Blog Posts

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July 25, 2005. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/File Photo - GF10000386922

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: How Trump’s latest Iran sanctions decision could affect markets and key countries

Samantha Gross, Ryan Hass, Tanvi Madan, Suzanne Maloney, and Jeffrey Feltman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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Climate Change

Where does US climate policy stand in 2019?

Philip A. Wallach

Friday, March 22, 2019

Cattle run as a helicopter flies overhead along the Komadougou Yobe river which separates Niger and Nigeria, outside Damasak March 24, 2015. Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian town of Damasak that was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad, residents said on Tuesday. Nigerian, Chadian and Niger forces have driven militants out of a string of towns in simultaneous offensives over the past month. REUTERS/Joe Penney - GF10000037002

Africa in focus

Local institutions can mitigate climate-related conflict in the Sahel

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Monday, March 18, 2019

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Events

2018

Nov

Past Event

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

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Exelon CEO Chris Crane

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Building the evidence base for accelerated climate action

2:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

Silicon Valley, California

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Experts

Bruce Jones

Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

BruceBrookings

David G. Victor

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

Samantha Gross

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

samanthaenergy

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Multimedia

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?

Samantha Gross

Friday, February 8, 2019

Photo: The slogan "Decarbonize" is projected on the Eiffel Tower as part of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) in Paris, France, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - LR1EBCB1BVQ2S

Podcast Episode

Priorities for climate change action after COP 24

Todd Stern, David G. Victor, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Brookings Now

Highlights: The new dynamics of global energy and climate

Fred Dews

Thursday, November 29, 2018

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