The Global Energy Center provides an essential forum for navigating the dramatic economic and political changes defining the twenty-first century by informing and galvanizing its uniquely influential network of global leaders. Through the papers we write, the ideas we generate, the engagements we convene, and the communities we build, the Council shapes policy choices and strategies to create a more secure and prosperous world.

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European Energy Security

The European Energy Security project aims to evaluate how the United States and the European Union could cooperate to strengthen transatlantic energy security.

Hydrogen as a Decarbonization Tool

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s hydrogen program seeks to advance public understanding of a vital decarbonization tool with the aim of reducing emissions as economically and rapidly as possible.

Models for decarbonizing cities

The Atlantic Council’s dedicated home for the role of cities’ in decarbonization efforts.

Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative

The Nuclear Energy Policy Initiative is the Atlantic Council’s dedicated home for the exploration of nuclear energy’s future. Through original research and extensive dialogue, the Initiative seeks to address the issues the sector will need to solve in order to stimulate development, safeguard security, and play its part in the ongoing energy transition.

Transatlantic Climate Policy Project

The Transatlantic Climate Policy Project focuses on bringing extensive European experience in designing and implementing climate policy to the US.

Oil & Gas

Even in a more carbon-conscious world, oil and gas will continue to play a significant role in the global energy system. From petrochemicals to power generation, oil and gas technologies will be a central player in the “dual challenge” of meeting increased energy demand and the need for low-carbon energy, making oil and gas still critical for international trade, investment, and geopolitics.

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.

Women Leaders in Energy and Climate Fellowship

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center’s Women Leaders in Energy Fellowship is a one-year fellowship program for early to mid-career rising female leaders in the energy and climate field with an interest in policy.

Out in Energy

Out in Energy is a national community for openly Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI) professionals working across the energy and climate fields in the United States.

Eastern Mediterranean perspectives

The Atlantic Council draws upon a talented network of experts to deliver diverse perspectives on the role of transatlantic cooperation in addressing geopolitical, economic, and energy security issues in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Climate and Advanced Energy

The Climate and Advanced Energy Program works to understand, explain, and shape the search for power and prosperity in a decarbonizing world.

The Global Energy Center promotes energy security by working alongside government, industry, civil society, and public stakeholders to devise pragmatic solutions to the geopolitical, sustainability, and economic challenges of the changing global energy landscape.

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