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In the News

Mar 28, 2017

Pham Quoted by the Washington Post on Climate Change and African Crises

By J. Peter Pham

Read the full article here.

Africa Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2017

A Welcome Disruption

By Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir

We are entering a new era of clean energy disruption. This transformation will have a global impact, including on energy security, climate change, economic development, that will have repercussions for geopolitics and international relations. More and more governments are realizing the importance of renewable and sustainable energy resources. Hydrocarbons will continue to play a role […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Feb 15, 2017

Castello-Catchot Joins Univision to Discuss US Climate Change Policy

By Carles Castelló-Catchot,

Watch the full interview here.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Feb 7, 2017

Is Latin America the New Global Leader in Renewable Energy?

By Mae Louise Flato

Latin America is poised to take on a lead role on climate change and renewable energy in the global arena in 2017. The enormous potential and rapid spread of renewable energy in the region has fueled hope of a global transition to a low-carbon economy. The added bonus: an economic opportunity that extends well beyond […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Issue Brief

Feb 3, 2017

Political consensus and the energy transition

By Sam Hampton, Julia De La Cruz, and Henning Huenteler

There has been a global push toward finding a way to reduce the impact of climate change. In an attempt to help achieve this goal, countries have made changes to move toward low-carbon economies.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2017

Trump’s Energy, Climate Positions Causing Concern

By Ashish Kumar Sen

While there is “quite a bit of concern” about the direction of US President-elect Donald Trump’s energy policy, he is unlikely to take the United States out of the Paris climate change agreement for the simple reason that doing so would cause “huge collateral damage” to the United States, Todd Stern, a former US State […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2017

John Kerry Sets the Record Straight

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Secretary of State warns against ‘factless political environment,’ says the United States has been leading US Secretary of State John Kerry on January 10 took a thinly veiled swipe at US President-elect Donald Trump while warning of the perils of living in a “factless political environment” and expressing consternation that the process for nominating officials […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at a press conference

EUSource

Dec 2, 2016

Italy and Austria go to the polls as Europe holds its breath

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Special brief: what you need to know about the Italian referendum European court case threatens Uber’s expansion Commission releases new clean energy proposal WTO rules against US in decades-long trade battle

Climate Change & Climate Action Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 9, 2016

Shaffer Quoted in POLITICO on What a Donald Trump Victory Means for Climate and Energy

By Brenda Shaffer

Read the full article here.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

AfricaSource

Nov 3, 2016

COP22, Climate Change, and Africa’s Future

By J. Peter Pham

On Monday, November 7, the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will convene in Marrakech. The meeting’s venue in the fabled Moroccan caravan town—long a cultural, religious, and trading hub between the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa—will focus attention on the irony that while among the regions of […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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