Experts: What do Trump’s tariffs mean for global climate action?
The Trump administration has imposed tariffs on all imports from China, Mexico and Canada, as well as on steel, aluminium and cars from around the world
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April 9, 2025—join us for the annual Columbia Global Energy Summit 2025, hosted by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA.
President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
Earlier this month, China convened its “two sessions”—the annual concurrent meetings of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s legislature, and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, a political...
Energy abundance isn't a climate strategy—it delays clean energy progress, harms global cooperation, and repeats past policy mistakes.
A former deputy treasury secretary and a presidential economic adviser on the need to draw a sharper line between open economies and the rest | By Invitation
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA today announced new personnel additions, bringing extensive government experience to the Center, focused on advancing CGEP’s research...
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA today announced recent additions to its staff supporting research, operations, and administrative goals within the Center. “The...
The program will be held on Columbia University’s campus in NYC from June 10-13, 2025.
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA today announced the third cohort of the David Leuschen Global Energy Fellows. The cohort, which consists of...
Explore latest climate and energy challenges and opportunities affecting countries and regions.
Faculty Affiliate and co-Director of the Energy Opportunity Lab
Diana Hernández, PhD, serves as the Managing Director of Domestic Programs at the Energy Opportunity...
Our mission is to elevate women in the energy sector. The initiative offers educational programming and professional development and addresses barriers to entry and success. We work with industry to recruit, retain, and promote women into decision-making roles.
Our Lab works with global communities to improve opportunities for sustainable energy inclusion, innovation, and growth while supporting progress toward the overall goal of a just energy transition to low-carbon energy.
Addressing the needs, barriers, and opportunities to scaling up investment in and production of critical minerals and battery supply chains