Energy Security and Climate Initiative

A nearly empty East 42nd Street is seen in midtown Manhattan as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in New York City, New York, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Order from Chaos

Will investments in greener energy be yet another victim of the coronavirus?

Samantha Gross

Monday, March 23, 2020

A pipe for transporting carbon dioxide to removal equipment is shown at the Tomakomai carbon, capture and storage (CCS) test site in Tomakomai, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan March 22, 2018. Picture taken on March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Sheldrick - RC1759108FB0

Energy Industry

Inside ‘Project Odessa,’ an experiment in greener fossil-fuel power

Jeffrey Ball

Monday, March 16, 2020

Carbon dioxide storage tanks are seen at a cement plant and carbon capture facility in Wuhu, Anhui province, China September 11, 2019. Picture taken September 11, 2019. REUTERS/David Stanway - RC185DB5B900

Energy Industry

Big oil’s “Hail Mary”

Jeffrey Ball

Monday, March 16, 2020

Order from Chaos

COVID-19 is a reminder that interconnectivity is unavoidable

Morgan D. Bazilian and Samantha Gross

Thursday, March 12, 2020

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 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

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

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Events

2020

Jan

Past Event

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

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST

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

Washington, DC

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Blog Posts

Order from Chaos

Around-the-halls: What the coronavirus crisis means for key countries and sectors

Giovanna De Maio, David Dollar, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Samantha Gross, Cheng Li, Ryan McElveen, Mireya Solís, and Thomas Wright

Monday, March 9, 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

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

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