Energy Security and Climate Initiative

A sign with the words "Nord Stream" stands in front of the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL long-distance gas pipeline (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungsleitung - Baltic Sea Pipeline Link). The Nord Stream1 Baltic Sea pipeline, through which Russian natural gas has been flowing to Germany since 2011, ends in Lubmin near Greifswald. After the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia openly threatened for the first time to stop gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline.

Oil, gas, Russia, OPEC—What’s happening in world energy markets?

Samantha Gross and David Dollar

Monday, October 31, 2022

Flooded roads after heavy monsoon rains, in Pushkar, India on July 26, 2022. Most of the parts of Rajasthan have recorded above-average rainfall in this Monsoon season so far. According to the data of the Meteorological Department, the pre-monsoon and monsoon rainfall in the state has been 53 per cent more than the average. Meanwhile, average rainfall was recorded above normal in 25 out of the 33 districts, according to news agency PTI. Good rains have also been recorded in the Thar desert area, which has brought smiles to the faces of farmers and livestock animal rearers. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

It is unfair to push poor countries to early zero carbon emissions

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

GERMANY, Hamburg, peaceful protest rally on St. Pauli against G-20 summit GERMANY, Hamburg, protest rally on St. Pauli against G-20 summit in july 2017 *** DEUTSCHLAND, Hamburg, St. Pauli, Protest Demo gegen G20 Gipfel und Klimawandel Hamburg Germany No Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Introducing the climate change challenge

Samantha Gross, Barry G. Rabe, and Rod Schoonover

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Climate Sense podcast

Introducing Climate Sense, a podcast about climate change and what we can do about it

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

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Fixing the Climate: Strategies for an Uncertain World

By David G. Victor and Charles F. Sabel

2022

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Workers unload coal from a supply truck at a yard on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo

For energy, it’s not renewable vs coal — adopt a portfolio approach

Monday, August 29, 2022

Workers marry the body structure with the battery pack and the front and rear sub frames as they assemble electric vehicles at the Lucid Motors plant in Casa Grande, Arizona, U.S.

Fixing the climate crisis will require local experimentation and solutions

David G. Victor and David Dollar

Monday, August 22, 2022

The sun sets beyond machinery at a Kiewit Offshore Services construction site in Ingleside, Texas on July 18, 2022. Kiewit is manufacturing an offshore oil drilling platform called 'Vito' for the Shell company, which, upon completion, will be installed in the Gulf of Mexico to extract petroleum for gasoline resources. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

The climate bill’s oil and gas provisions are a worthwhile tradeoff

Thursday, August 4, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Gas prices are advertised at a Chevron station as rising inflation and oil costs affect the consumers in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia is unlikely to lower oil prices

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Addressing climate change in US defense strategy and budget

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