Energy Security and Climate Initiative

The banks of the Seine river is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done", to celebrate the Paris U.N. COP21 Climate Change agreement in Paris

Climate Change

The future of the Paris climate regime

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo speaks at The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S. April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer - RC147D6B9C90

Order from Chaos

What should the Senate ask Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo?

U.S. Energy Secretary Perry, takes part in a panel discussion at CERAWeek energy conference in Houston

PlanetPolicy

The growing gap between the energy sector and the Trump administration

Friday, March 16, 2018

A robot inspects power equipment at an electrical substation of the State Grid Corporation of China in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC19A15BD300

PlanetPolicy

Tsunamis of innovation are shaking the energy industry

David G. Victor

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Experts

Todd Stern

Senior Fellow - Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

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Samantha Gross

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

David G. Victor

Co-Chair - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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Research

A view of solar panels, set up on what will be the biggest integrated solar panel roof of the world, in a farm in Weinbourg, Eastern France February 12, 2009.

Climate Change

Undiplomatic action: A practical guide to the new politics and geopolitics of climate change

David G. Victor and Bruce Jones

February 2018

A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo - S1BETTQQDPAA

Energy Security

Lower for longer: The implications of low oil and gas prices for China and India

October 2017

Coal is transported via conveyor belt to the coal-fired Jim Bridger Power Plant that supplied by the neighboring Jim Bridger mine that is owned by energy firm PacifiCorp and the Idaho Power Company, outside Point of the Rocks, Wyoming March 14, 2014.

Climate Change

Energy and climate: Moving beyond symbolism

David G. Victor

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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Events

Tackling the ‘Water Problem’: Challenges facing U.S. regulation, sustainability, and global geopolitics

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EDT

The future of solar power in China, the United States, and the world

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Ensuring the success of the post-Paris climate agenda: U.S.-Japan relations on the global stage

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

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Blog Posts

Production operator John White checks a panel at the SolarWorld solar panel factory in Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S., January 15, 2018. Picture taken January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Natalie Behring - RC1A2904F740

PlanetPolicy

Four things that matter more than the Paris Agreement

Jennifer Perron

Friday, March 9, 2018

An oil pump at sunrise, owned by Parsley Energy Inc. near Midland, Texas, U.S., May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder - RC1509840B40

Order from Chaos

Is the United States the new Saudi Arabia?

Friday, January 26, 2018

A pump jack operates at a well site leased by Devon Energy Production Company near Guthrie, Oklahoma September 15, 2015. REUTERS/Nick Oxford - TM3EB9F0WM801

PlanetPolicy

The danger in deregulation

Tuesday, January 9, 2018

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Adelie penguins stand atop ice near the French station at Dumont dUrville in East Antarctica January 22, 2010. Russia and the Ukraine on November 1, 2013 again scuttled plans to create the world's largest ocean sanctuary in Antarctica, pristine waters rich in energy and species such as whales, penguins and vast stocks of fish, an environmentalist group said. The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources wound up a week-long meeting in Hobart, Australia, considering proposals for two "marine protected areas" aimed at conserving the ocean wilderness from fishing, drilling for oil and other industrial interests. Picture taken January 22, 2010. To match story ANTARCTIC-ENVIRONMENT/ REUTERS/Pauline Askin (ANTARCTICA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS ANIMALS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX14WAX

Climate Change

Incentives for small clubs of Arctic countries to limit black carbon

David G. Victor

18 December 2017

Wind turbines are seen in a field in Tebar, Spain, April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Sergio Perez - RTX355K7

Climate Change

The new age of renewable energy

Friday, February 16, 2018

An oil rig off the coast of Johor, Malaysia November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Henning Gloystein - RC1E65DCA1F0

Energy Industry

Inside oil giant Shell’s race to remake itself for a low-price world

Wednesday, January 24, 2018