Energy Security and Climate Initiative

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

Friday, Jan 24, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

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A general view of the new PS20 solar plant which was inaugurated last month at "Solucar" solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville, October 7, 2009. The solar thermal power plant uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays onto towers where they produce steam to drive a turbine, producing electricity. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E5A71NB401

Climate Change

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

Samantha Gross

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

Samantha Gross

Friday, December 20, 2019

Climate Change

We have climate leaders. Now we need followers.

David G. Victor

Friday, December 13, 2019

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

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David G. Victor

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

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Research

A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq September 21, 2019. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani - RC156ACB6840

Energy Security

The shifting energy landscape and the Gulf economies’ diversification challenge

Samantha Gross and Adel Abdel Ghafar

December 2019

Climate Change

Accelerating the low carbon transition

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

Monday, December 9, 2019

Smog is seen near transmission towers in Bedzin, near Katowice, Poland, December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel - RC1B28B92B00

Climate Change

Mapping low-carbon energy transitions around the world

Samantha Gross

June 2019

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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

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

Panel Discussion | Indian oil and gas strategies in a new age

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

Yasser al-Rumayyan, Saudi Aramco's chairman, and Amin H. Nasser, president and CEO of Aramco, attend a news conference at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RC14A8AB6F00

Order from Chaos

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

Samantha Gross

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Figure 3: India's gross electricity generation by source

Brookings Now

Charts of the Week: Climate and energy

Fred Dews

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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