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The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

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To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

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To ensure US AI leadership, the United States must harness all forms of energy, allow a level playing field, and remove red tape constraining the buildout of critical enablers, especially transmission lines and grid enhancing technologies.

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The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

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If the international community wants to curb fossil fuel emissions, it must make Africa a serious clean energy offer

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Before the international community asks African countries to leave undeveloped fossil fuel resources in the ground, it must make them an offer of clean energy financing—one substantial enough to fund Africa’s current and future appetite for electricity.

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The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

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The Mediterranean must work collectively to harness the power of renewables

By Karim Elgendy

The EU Commission’s recent release of its Clean Industrial Deal underscored regional commitment to decarbonization. To capitalize on this momentum, the Mediterranean must engage in cross-border collaboration to overcome geopolitical tension and limited finance to achieve its renewables goals.

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‘Global collaboration is needed’ on critical minerals to support the energy transition, says Indonesian energy minister

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Energy minister Arifin Tasrif told fellow policy leaders at the Global Energy Forum that Indonesia is ready to cooperate with partner countries to develop the infrastructure needed to ramp up critical-mineral production.

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Amos Hochstein on how critical minerals impact net-zero progress—and US national security

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The special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security warned that twentieth-century energy geopolitics are being copied over into the twenty-first century.

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The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Ellen Wald</span>

US regulations are hurting demand for electric vehicles, the very products that will incentivize the development of lithium supply chains away from China.

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The future of clean energy in the Americas

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LAC countries are facing major challenges in their ability to develop renewable energy projects, expand low-emission energy systems, and fill existing technical and financing gaps that hinder regional energy security. A key takeaway to come out of the Summit Implementation Roundtable was that the US-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030) has the potential to advance clean energy goals in the Caribbean and become a blueprint to address similar challenges in Latin America.

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The EU needs a buyers’ club for critical minerals. Here’s why.

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Nicole Lawler</span>, <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Francis Shin</span>

The EU should invite allies and partners to participate in what would primarily be a buyers’ cartel that would pool investment and facilitate coordination of market behavior among members.

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The takeaway from COP28: Gas and nuclear are part of the energy transition

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ana Palacio</span>

The concept of a “transition” in the energy transition is too often lost: specifically, the idea that it will extend over time and require overlap.

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An introduction to regional perspectives on climate change: Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkey

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Dr. Serhat S. Çubukçuoğlu</span>

Turkey and the GCC needs to build on the momentum of growing economic ties to bring collective gains in energy transition.

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How GCC and Turkey can go together toward a sustainable future

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert">Eser Özdil</span>

While Turkey has ambitious green-energy transition strategies and projects, they need to cooperate with the GCC to overcome the financial and capacity challenges.

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Forging a collaborative energy transition between GCC and Turkey

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mouza Almarzooqi</span>

Turkey and the GCC cannot self-achieve energy transition. Nations need to plan how to join forces for diversifying energy sources and reducing carbon footprints in the region.

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Charting energy transitions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Karim Elgendy</span>

While Turkey and the GCC have different renewable energy motivations, they need to evolve and combine experience and resources for energy security and sustainability.

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EV adoption could drive collaboration for renewable energy in Turkey and GCC

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Melek Öztürk</span>

Turkey and the GCC have ambitious environmental targets. Here is how a collaboration on renewable energy and EV adoption can help with achieving those targets.

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Prospects for cooperation in energy transition for a sustainable future: GCC, Turkey, and regional perspectives

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An essay series exploring partnership between the GCC countries and Turkey to accelerate the energy transition and clean-energy deployment.

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