For the latest updates on access to the Morningside campus, visit the Public Safety website. Read more.
Explore our expert insights and analysis in leading energy and climate news stories.
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...
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his first visit to Washington in the second Trump administration, energy will likely take a front seat in United States-India relations. Due to...
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
At the start of February, President Trump launched a trade war. The president announced sweeping tariffs on goods imported from China, Canada, and Mexico. Although he temporarily backed...
Find out more about our upcoming and past events.
Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch and discussion featuring Women in Energy’s...
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 Center on Global Energy Policy’s ability to produce best-in-class research on issues vital to the energy transition is only as good as our extraordinary scholars, staff, and students who make it possible,” said Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of CGEP. “These inspiring new additions to our team will further build upon CGEP’s world-class energy expertise and help us to continue advancing our mission to inform policymakers around the world on the opportunities and risks of today’s most complex energy and climate policy issues.”
Recent additions to CGEP’s staff include:
Wally Adeyemo served as the 15th US deputy secretary of the Treasury and chief operating officer of the 100,000-employee department. He was responsible for the department’s use of economic tools to protect US national security and oversaw the agency’s implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and its effort to modernize the Internal Revenue Service. Prior to joining the Biden Administration, Adeyemo served as president of the Barack Obama Foundation. He also previously served as White House deputy national security advisor for international economics and deputy director of the National Economic Council. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Yale Law School.
Douglas J. Arent is also the executive director of Strategic Public-Private Partnerships at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) the principal research laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Arent has worked in research on energy and sustainability for more than 30 years, publishing extensively on topics within clean energy, renewable energy, power systems, natural gas, and the intersection of science and public policy. Arent has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, an MBA from Regis University, and a bachelor of science from Harvey Mudd College in California.
Yamaris Brodsky is a seasoned leader with extensive experience at the intersection of talent, operations, and strategy. She previously worked as Chief Human Resources Officer at YSC Consulting, leading a global human resources team that centralized talent management functions across 11 countries. She has also served as Chief Operating Officer and Head of Human Resources at Whittle School and Studios, which operated flagship campuses in Shenzhen, China, and Washington, D.C. Yamaris spent 16 years in leadership roles in the New York City Department of Education. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and also graduated from the Institute of Culinary Arts.
Jon Finer served as President Joseph R. Biden’s principal deputy national security advisor from 2021 to 2025. Prior to joining President Biden’s staff, he was global head of geo-political and policy affairs at Warburg Pincus LLC and an adjunct senior fellow for US foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served as chief of staff and director of policy planning at the US Department of State and in several White House roles, including senior adviser to then-deputy national security advisor Antony Blinken, special adviser for the Middle East and North Africa, and foreign policy speechwriter for then-Vice President Biden. He holds degrees from Harvard University, Balliol College, Oxford, and Yale University.
Joseph McMonigle served as Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, the largest international organization of energy ministers from 72 producing and consuming countries. He previously served as vice chairman of the International Energy Agency Board of Governors and chief of staff at the US Department of Energy during the George W. Bush administration. He is now Chairman & CEO of Alula Advisors, an international management consulting group. He is a graduate of King’s College and Widener University Commonwealth Law School.
Kadri Simson most recently served as European Commissioner for Energy. Her priorities included the implementation of the European Green Deal, reducing EU emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, and the first-ever hydrogen strategy. She worked to maintain EU energy security following Russia’s illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine, cut dependence on fossil fuels from Russia, and strengthen energy diplomacy with trusted trading partners. Kadri previously served as the Estonian minister of economic affairs and infrastructure and a member of the Riigikogu, the Estonian parliament. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Tartu and a Master’s degree in political science from University College London.
David Turk served as deputy secretary of the US Department of Energy from March 2021 to January 2025. As Deputy Secretary, Turk served as the number two official and Chief Operating Officer of a $50 billion per year organization focused on all things energy, basic science, and nuclear security. He orchestrated a major reorganization of the Department to create and staff new offices to demonstrate and deploy a wide variety of clean energy technologies; focused on early-stage innovation; led U.S. delegations to various G7, G20, IEA, IAEA, and climate conferences; and coordinated bilaterally with dozens of countries around the world. Prior to joining DOE, Turk served as deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Virginia Law School.
India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it.
Analysis: The Middle East may be caught in the crossfire of a US-China trade war, navigating economic uncertainty without wanting to pick a side.
A new book provides insight into the unintended consequences of U.S. sanctions.
As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes his first visit to Washington in the second Trump administration, energy will likely take a front seat in United States-India relations. Due to...
The phrase "Golden Age of Gas," popularized by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its 2011 World Energy Outlook report, envisioned a future where natural gas played a dominant role...
On February 4, the Trump administration imposed an additional 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports into the United States. China’s Ministry of Commerce responded by announcing new tariffs on US imports,...
