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Global Energy Forum

Jan 22, 2021

Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum sets the 2021 energy agenda

Fifth annual conference, part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, concludes after week of high-level discussions on the post-pandemic energy system, the global energy transition, and priorities for the new US administration

Energy & Environment

Global Energy Forum

Jan 22, 2021

Van Jones

Political Commentator, CNN; Founder, Dream Corps Green for All Van Jones is a CNN political commentator, regularly appearing across the network’s programming and special political coverage. In 2014, Jones launched two brand new initiatives. #cut50 is a bipartisan communications campaign to cut the prison population in half in 10 years — by forging unlikely alliances, […]

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Jan 22, 2021

The Hon. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4)

US Congressman, United States House of Representatives Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) was first elected to represent the Fourth Congressional District of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives on November 8, 2016. Congressman McEachin has been selected by his colleagues to serve as a Regional Whip, co-chair of the House Democratic Environmental Message Team, […]

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Jan 22, 2021

The Hon. Darin LaHood (R-IL-18)

US Congressman, United States House of Representatives Congressman Darin LaHood, born and raised in Peoria, serves the constituents of the Eighteenth District of Illinois. Sworn into the US House of Representatives on September 17, 2015, LaHood quickly transitioned into office after his special-election win on September 10. He won re-election to serve his third full-term […]

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Jan 22, 2021

The Hon. John Curtis (R-UT-3)

US Congressman, United States House of Representatives John R. Curtis proudly represents Utah’s Third Congressional District, serving on the House Natural Resources and Foreign Affairs Committees. After being elected to Congress on November 13, 2017, John sponsored twelve bills in his first year in office. Four of these bills passed through the House and three […]

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Jan 22, 2021

The Hon. Chris Coons (D-DE)

US Senator, United States Senate Chris Coons was elected to the United States Senate in 2010 following terms as New Castle County Council President and New Castle County Executive. In the Senate, he sits on the Appropriations, Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Ethics Committees. Before entering government, Chris worked as an attorney […]

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Jan 21, 2021

The many new ways energy and national security are intersecting

By Larry Luxner

Oil and gas will still play a crucial role in the world’s economy even as clean-energy “electrostates” rise in prominence, and Biden will prioritize the threat of climate change like no president has before him.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

Global Energy Forum

Jan 20, 2021

Choosing wisely: How the Biden administration can build a better coalition on international energy and climate policy in a post-COVID world

By David L. Goldwyn, Andrea Clabough

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have inherited a country deep in crisis. At the same time, President Biden has asserted that the United States will regain its mantle of leadership of the liberal order, reset its international partnerships, and, perhaps most importantly, rebuild as a clean, green superpower putting the global community back on track to meet its climate commitments.

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Global Energy Forum

Jan 20, 2021

Gillian Tett

Chair of Editorial Board and Editor-At-Large, US, Financial Times Gillian Tett is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political, and social issues. In 2014, she was named Columnist of the Year in the British Press Awards and was the […]

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Jan 20, 2021

Glenn Pearce-Oroz

Director of International Relations and Special Projects, SEforALL Glenn Pearce-Oroz is a dual national from Chile and the United States and works as director of international relations and special projects in the Vienna office. Glenn joined SEforALL after fifteen years with the World Bank where he worked in urban development and water and sanitation sectors. […]