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Trade Policy Disputes at COP Are Here to Stay
This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP-29) broke new ground with the Baku Initiative for Climate Finance, Investment, and Trade (BICFIT)—the first high-profile COP initiative to place trade...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Transforming America’s Power System
This week host Jason Bordoff talks with Cheryl LaFleur and David Hill about the incoming Trump administration, its impact on FERC, and the status of permitting reform measures.
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January 30, 2025
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Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of Greenhouse Gases?
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs for a special webinar "Can AI Help Reduce Emissions of...
Webinar
• Zoom Webinar
Affordability of capital will be critical driver of investment decisions in energy system’s low-carbon push
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A Clean Energy Future Is Unstoppable
Politics may delay the transition to clean energy, but economic forces are making it unstoppable.
Donald Trump’s call for ‘energy dominance’ is likely to run into real-world limits
Donald Trump is creating a National Energy Council that he says will establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world.
Trump Promised to Halve Energy Costs in 18 Months. Experts Have Doubts.
A president has little control over global oil markets, economists say.
COP29 Panel discussion: Climate and conflict – Has the energy transition become synonymous with energy security?
Hosted to coincide and complement the main agenda of COP29, FTSessions @COP will host debates and discussions which will evaluate and reflecte on negotiations, announcements and agreements taking place during COP29.
News and Publications
by Robert (RJ) Johnston • Financial Times
• November 15, 2024
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More energy is more security
The incoming Trump administration should embrace a diverse energy mix, including renewables, for the sake of economic and national security.
Fossil Fuel Provisions of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 and Their Effects on Climate Goals
A bipartisan permitting-reform proposal in the US Senate includes provisions that reduce barriers to an improved electricity transmission system, which would help fortify the country’s energy system and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels.
Fact Sheet
by Noah Kaufman • December 20, 2024
