Programs and initiatives

Veterans Advanced Energy Project

The Veterans Advanced Energy Project is designed to drive US leadership in advanced energy by recruiting, equipping, and empowering military veterans who understand the importance of the evolving energy landscape to our future security and prosperity.

Events

Public Event Tue, December 3, 2024 • 9:00 am ET

Transmission 2025: Prospects for reform in US grid permitting and planning
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions
Fri, November 15, 2024 • 8:00 am ET

Panel discussions on climate finance and innovation on the sidelines of COP29
Central Asia Climate Change & Climate Action Eastern Europe Energy & Environment
Online Event Thu, November 21, 2024 • 10:00 am ET

A fireside chat with Josu Jon Imaz, chief executive officer of Repsol
Climate Change & Climate Action Elections Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance
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Content

Aurora borealis

EnergySource

Feb 4, 2020

CCS in Norway: Propelling global innovation for decarbonization

By Lee Beck

Northern Lights, a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project backed, in part, by the Norwegian government is set to bolster European and global carbon capture innovation, accelerating climate progress and exemplifying the next wave of global CCS facilities.

Climate Change & Climate Action Northern Europe

In the News

Feb 4, 2020

Engelke in NewCities: Environmental security, cities, and international order

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Geopolitics & Energy Security
Building in Beijing

EnergySource

Jan 29, 2020

China’s vision for community with a shared future for humanity belies actual action

By Craig Hart

For China to truly back the its vision of a "shared future" with action, it must drastically reduce its own carbon emissions at home and discontinue investing abroad in carbon-intensive infrastructure through its Belt and Road Initiative.

China Energy Transitions
Wind turbines

EnergySource

Jan 29, 2020

The quiet energy transition sweeping the Midwest

By Craig Hart

A quiet energy revolution is taking hold in the American Midwest, creating a tipping point for the nation as a whole—lower-carbon natural gas and renewables are pushing out coal as the low-cost fuel for power generation.

Energy Transitions Oil and Gas

In the News

Jan 23, 2020

Livingston quoted in Oil Price on the World Future Energy Summit and the grid of the future

By Atlantic Council

Americas Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2020

Trump hails “time for optimism” on climate change, but US leadership still missing

By David A. Wemer

While “Trump is right [that] this is a time for both optimism and action,” John E. Morton, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, said, Trump “is wrong to suggest that the future lies in fossil fuels.” By emphasizing fossil fuel production, Livingston said, “Trump missed a key opportunity to sell the story of a United States that can still—with the right policies—commercialize zero-carbon technologies as well as any other country in the world.”

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy Transitions

In the News

Jan 19, 2020

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Time for new initiatives in growing East Med energy crisis

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Libya

Global Energy Forum

Jan 12, 2020

US Election 2020: What’s at stake for energy and climate?

Atlantic Council2020 Global Energy Forum U.S. Election 2020: What’s at Stake for Energy and Climate? Speakers: Carlos Curbelo, Former US Representative (R-FL) Avi Garbow, Environmental Advocate, Patagonia David Goldwyn, Chairman, Energy Advisory Group, Atlantic Council Michael Steele, Former Chair of the Republican National Committee Moderated By: Hadley Gamble, Reporter and Anchor, CNBC Location:  Abu Dhabi, […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy Transitions

Global Energy Forum

Jan 12, 2020

Energy interconnections: A tool for stability or a vector of geopolitical risk?

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council 2020 Global Energy Forum Energy Interconnections: A Tool for Stability or a Vector of Geopolitical Risk? Speakers: H.E. Dr. Matar Al Neyadi, Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Industry of the United Arab Emirates Thorsten Herdan, Director General, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany Ramzi Mroueh, Managing Director, Origination, Cheniere Energy Inc. […]

Energy Transitions Geopolitics & Energy Security

Elections 2020

Jan 12, 2020

Will climate change move the needle in 2020?

By David A. Wemer

From the release of the Green New Deal to global protests on environmental policy, “climate [has become] a prominent national issue and all the attention it received in 2019 guarantees that it will be a top issue in an American presidential election for the first time ever,” according to former US Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL).

Climate Change & Climate Action Elections
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Experts

Staff

Natalia Storz

Program Assistant

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Staff

Alexis Harmon

Assistant Director

Global Energy Center

Geopolitics & Energy Security Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Mamadou Fall Kane

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Energy & Environment

Fellow

Max Adams

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Allison Bennett Irion

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy
Mehul Bhagat

Fellow

Mehul Bhagat

Nonresident Fellow

South Asia Center

Entrepreneurship Renewables & Advanced Energy
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Events

Flagship Event Tue, June 17, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

2025 Global Energy Forum

The ninth Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held June 17 and 18 in Washington, DC.
Africa Americas Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment