Global Energy Center at COP28

November 30 – December 12, 2023
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center will be on the ground at COP28 to work alongside government, industry, civil society, and public stakeholders to discuss key issues and outcomes.

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GLOBAL DECARBONIZATION ACCELERATOR

December 2 – December 12, 2023
Global Decarbonization Accelerator Connect, Energy Transition Hub, COP28 Green Zone

Global Decarbonization Accelerator

The GEC is co-hosting the Global Decarbonization Accelerator (GDA) Connect space featuring panel discussions on accelerating pathways to net-zero, interviews, networking, and more.

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Agenda

Live from COP28

Global thought leaders discuss the role of cross-sector collaboration to reach decarbonization and climate goals, and how conversations at COP28 are influencing global implementation.

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GLOBAL ENERGY FORUM

December 5 & 7, 2023
COP28 Green Zone Connect Conference Center and St. Regis Dubai, The Palm

The 8th Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held this December as the world’s top energy and climate decision-makers converge in the UAE for COP28.

The Forum takes place at a time of rapid transformation of the global energy landscape enabling a diverse community of industry executives, policymakers, and thought leaders to set the energy agenda for the year ahead while accounting for the geopolitical and economic implications of the changing energy system.

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Past events

Public Event Tue, November 14, 2023 • 4:00 am ET

The road to COP28: The energy transition in Central America

A conversation on opportunities, impediments, and key leverage points for the energy transition in Central America.
Americas Central America Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance
Online Event Tue, November 14, 2023 • 8:00 am ET

What to expect at COP28

The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht – Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, Africa Center, and Global Energy Center host a discussion to understand what the COP28 conference should deliver, and how we should measure its success.
Africa Americas Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
Online Event Wed, November 15, 2023 • 5:00 am ET

Working toward net-zero: A conversation on advancing clean energy transitions at COP28

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center hosts a conversation with The Hon. David Turk, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency.
Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance Energy Transitions Geopolitics & Energy Security

PUBLICATIONS

The Global Energy Agenda: A look ahead to 2024

The Global Energy Center’s flagship publication.

The energy transition can shape a more inclusive world

By Damilola Ogunbiyi

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Europe needs a Green Deal that can meet the moment

By Michał Kurtyka

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Countries can only achieve carbon neutrality together

By Shin Hosaka

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Public funds alone can’t solve the climate crisis

By Mafalda Duarte

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Accelerating clean energy in emerging markets

By Sebastian Kind

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Toward net zero with a new generation of nuclear energy

By John Wagner

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Partner perspective: A catalyst for cleaner energy

By Scott Strazik

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Partner perspective: Climate policies must reflect developing world’s needs

By Majid Jafar

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A people-centric energy transformation

By H.E. Leila Benali

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Energy security as the foundation for Ukraine’s formula for peace

By German Galushchenko

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Partner perspective: Energy companies are essential to global climate solutions

By Mansoor Mohamed Al Hamed

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ALL ESSAYS

Timely commentary and analysis

EnergySource

Jul 17, 2026

Backlash against data centers could cost the US its AI edge

By Jeannie Salo

As the race for AI supremacy grows, the US is facing backlash while trying to keep up with China.

Energy & Environment Technology & Innovation

EnergySource

Jul 15, 2026

Dire straits: No way out of Hormuz

By David L. Goldwyn, Andrea Clabough

With no sign of a lasting breakthrough in the US-Iran war, officials must plan now for an extended energy crisis.

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security

EnergySource

Jul 9, 2026

Five lessons from the oil market shock

By Ben Cahill

The past four months of the Hormuz crisis have surprised energy analysts. Taking stock of the impacts hints at structural changes to come.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

EnergySource

Jul 8, 2026

The US paper fleet: The Jones Act and the 2026 Iran war stress test

By Morgan D. Bazilian, Jahara Matisek, Alex Gilbert, and Jamie Webster

The Hormuz crisis demonstrates that the Jones Act is no longer fit for purpose. It's time to update US maritime policy starting with the elimination of the domestic build rule.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

EnergySource

Jul 2, 2026

With US sanctions temporarily lifted, is Iranian crude back on the menu?

By Lize de Kruijf, Chloe O’Connor

The US-Iran deal waives sanctions on Iranian oil sales, but Washington will need further steps to meaningfully shift global crude trade and ensure clearer visibility into Iranian oil transactions.

Dollar Dominance Energy & Environment

EnergySource

Jul 1, 2026

US nuclear power in state energy planning: A policy roadmap

By Julianne Szyper

To meet growing electricity demand in the US, states must shape the policy, economic, and regulatory environment necessary to build new nuclear reactors and their supply chains.

Energy & Environment Nuclear Energy

EnergySource

Jun 12, 2026

How to build energy resilience in an uncertain, contested world

By Charles Hendry, David L. Goldwyn, Lee Beck, Phillip Cornell, Ben Cahill

Read the reflections of Atlantic Council experts on the 2026 Global Energy Forum that explored how the US, allies, and partners can fortify interconnections against the weaponization of energy.

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

EnergySource

Jun 12, 2026

Conflicts are jolting energy systems. Will they cause ‘structural breaks’?

By Global Energy Center

At the 2026 Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, policy experts shared lessons learned from ongoing wars and explored potential future energy outcomes.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

EnergySource

Jun 11, 2026

Caribbean countries are feeling the squeeze from this energy crisis—and not just from gas prices

By Katherine Golden

At the 2026 Global Energy Forum, two Caribbean leaders explained that small island developing states are feeling the pinch of this crisis, in the form of high gas prices and shrinking climate adaptation finance.

Caribbean Climate Change & Climate Action

EnergySource

Jun 10, 2026

Leading bipartisan lawmakers on how to achieve US energy ‘dominance’

By Katherine Golden

At the 2026 Global Energy Forum, lawmakers leading the charge on US energy security discussed their efforts and the role that allies can play.

China Critical Minerals

EnergySource

Jun 10, 2026

Europe’s route out of this energy crisis, as mapped by Cyprus and Greece

By Katherine Golden

At the 2026 Global Energy Forum, Greece's Stavros Papastavrou and Cyprus’s Michael Damianos outlined how the energy system is reshaping around the Eastern Mediterranean.

Energy & Environment

EnergySource

Jun 9, 2026

The global energy demand era calls for major change—here’s how countries are pivoting

By Global Energy Center

Energy experts, policymakers, and business leaders at the Atlantic Council's tenth Global Energy Forum share their insights into the current crisis and the path toward a more energy secure future.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

EnergySource

Jun 9, 2026

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright: It will take ‘many months’ to get back to normal after this energy crisis

By Katherine Golden

At the tenth annual Global Energy Forum, Wright said that “the price” of this crisis “will be wildly worth paying,” if it means that Iran eventually ceases to be “a constant threat to its neighbors."

Conflict Crisis Management

EnergySource

Jun 8, 2026

The United States is a reliable energy partner: The data proves it

By Fred H. Hutchison

The market for US LNG is global, liquid, flexible, and governed by commercial contracts, making it appealing to importers over supply from coercive exporters like Russia.

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

EnergySource

Jun 5, 2026

India’s energy security at a crossroads: The Hormuz crisis and an opportunity for US-India cooperation

By Paul Stahle

The Iran crisis has exposed India's energy vulnerabilities but opens an opportunity for a stronger trade partnership between the US and India.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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