Energy Security and Climate Initiative
David G. Victor speaks on deep decarbonization technologies at the Electric Power Research Institute’s Energy and Climate Research Seminar on May 16, 2019.
David G. Victor moderates a panel on nuclear as clean energy at the Nuclear Energy Institute on June 4, 2019.
[On potential attempts by China and India to set up a trading bloc to buy Iranian oil without going through U.S. banks] This is a tricky thing for us. Mechanisms that move away from pricing oil in U.S. dollars is really not the best for us in the long run.
[On carbon emissions trading schemes] Policymakers and the public delude themselves that they are meaningfully addressing global warming.
Brookings Non-Resident Senior Fellow Jeffrey Ball speaks on the Brian Lehrer Show with New York Public Radio, during Earth Week 2019, on climate change and climate adaptation.
[On Iranian oil sanctions] But I also do not think Iran will be able to export 'as much crude as it needs and wishes.' Some will be willing and able to work around the U.S. sanctions, particularly in China where some banks are already under U.S. sanctions. But Iran will not be able to export as much oil as it is now – the penalty for those importing is likely to be too great.
[On the Trump administration's decision to lift waivers on Iranian oil importers] Oil markets today seem to be torn between opposing sentiments - concern about tight supply with the situations in Venezuela and Libya plus the end of waivers for purchases from Iran, and concern about the possibility of slowing economic growth and resulting slowing oil demand. The Iran sanctions announcement certainly increases concern about the first factor.
David G. Victor spoke at an Oklahoma University Energy Symposium on April 25, 2019.
