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This event will be hosted in-person, by invitation and for Columbia University affiliates. If you would like to attend in person and you hold a valid Columbia University ID, please register here. You must register using your Columbia University email address and present valid Columbia University ID at event check-in. The event will also be streamed live for the general public.
The Columbia Global Energy Summit 2024, hosted by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA, is an annual event dedicated to thought-provoking discussions around the critical energy and climate challenges facing the global community.
This year’s day-long Summit will address myriad issues at the heart of today’s complex geopolitical, environmental and economic landscape, including the impact of climate change and the energy transition on geopolitics and security; the outlook for clean energy deployment in the face of growing policy support, as well as challenges such as interest rates, permitting reform and trade conflict; pathways to mobilize finance for clean energy in emerging and developing economies; energy justice imperatives; and the impact for energy and climate policy in key elections around the world in 2024.
The Summit will also be livestreamed and virtually accessible to all. In addition to the formal program, the Summit also offers opportunities for participants and attendees to network and develop partnerships and relationships.
Driving the Dialogue on Critical Conversations facing the Global Energy Community
Past Summit programs have highlighted timely and impactful issues, and every year the Summit focuses on the most pressing issues facing the global energy community. In past years this has included the geopolitics of energy transition, financing the energy transition, mobilizing climate action, and the realities of today’s energy needs in emerging economies. Experts at the 2024 Summit will discuss critical topics of-the-day, such as the impact of climate on peace and security, achieving sustainable and equitable growth in the critical minerals supply chain and global marketplace, addressing energy inequality in the United States, and much more.
Agenda
8:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Speakers
8:35 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Speakers
8:40 a.m.
Fireside Chat with Lynn Good
Moderators
Speakers
9:10 a.m.
Driving the Energy Transition in Emerging and Developing Countries
Emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) need roughly $2.4 trillion annually by 2030 to stay on track to meet global climate goals. However, these countries remain heavily reliant on public financing and funding from multilateral development banks to develop the infrastructure needed to accelerate the energy transition. This panel will focus on the investment challenges facing EMDEs, and the challenges that financial institutions funding the energy transition in EMDEs are encountering while investing in sustainable, profitable, and equitable clean energy projects globally.
Moderators
Speakers
10:05 a.m.
Fireside Chat with Thomas E. Donilon
Moderators
Speakers
10:35 a.m.
Financing a Clean Energy Future with Public and Private Capital
Recent historic investments and policy initiatives focused on energy infrastructure in the United States, Europe and throughout the world are shaping how the private sector will work to meet global decarbonization goals. This panel will focus on how investors and financiers are assessing and funding the development of clean energy projects, and headwinds and tailwinds facing the private sector in utilizing this funding to develop the infrastructure needed for the clean energy transition.
Moderators
Speakers
11:15 a.m.
Addressing Energy Insecurity at Home
Each year, millions of households across the United States experience some form of energy insecurity, with people of color and economically disadvantaged communities being disproportionately impacted by current energy systems shortcomings. This panel will focus on the intersection of energy and poverty, the rural and urban communities most affected by energy insecurity, and the policy solutions that can address inequality and bring the benefits of a clean energy economy throughout the United States.
Moderators
Speakers
Lunch
1:00 p.m.
The Diplomacy and Geopolitics of the Energy Transition
Long simmering geopolitical tensions have unraveled into military conflicts, involving some of the great powers and some key regions in the global energy industry. These conflicts have complicated diplomatic dynamics and directly brought energy security to the forefront of dialogues needed to accelerate the clean energy transition. This panel will focus on these evolving diplomatic and geopolitical dynamic tensions, and their significant impact on global energy markets, energy security, international climate negotiations, and the energy transition.
Moderators
Speakers
1:40 p.m.
Fireside Chat with John Podesta
Moderators
Speakers
2:10 p.m.
Navigating Turbulence in the Energy Sector
The rapidly accelerating clean energy transition has created challenges for both established and emerging energy companies as they navigate an increasingly turbulent future. This panel will focus on how leading energy companies and industries are addressing challenges, such as an influx of public capital and policy incentives, the rising cost of private capital, evolving disruptive market dynamics, and regulatory and policy issues created as a result of the demands of the energy transition.
Moderators
Speakers
3:05 p.m.
Where Energy Infrastructure, Trade, and Industrial Policy Meet
A rise in green industrial and infrastructure policies globally has served as both a leading example of climate action while also re-surfacing decades-old conversations surrounding free and open international trade. This panel will focus on the growing tensions between the need for new energy infrastructure, the pull of green industrial policies, rising national security concerns in an era of Great-Power Competition, and the challenges of navigating protectionism and rising government intervention in trade policy.
Moderators
Speakers
3:45 p.m.
Decarbonizing Electricity in an Era of Rising Demand
As power demand continues to rise, challenges remain in meeting demand reliably while responding to increased calls for cleaner energy. This panel will focus on how domestic and global power providers and developers are working with industry to meet rising demand while accounting for clean energy goals, how the private sector is innovating in the development and deployment of new clean energy technologies, and how to rethink the existing energy infrastructure as we enter an era of rising demand.
Moderators
Speakers
Registration
This event will be hosted in-person in New York City and live streamed via Zoom.
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1255 Amsterdam Ave
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President Donald Trump has made energy a clear focus for his second term in the White House. Having campaigned on an “America First” platform that highlighted domestic fossil-fuel growth, the reversal of climate policies and clean energy incentives advanced by the Biden administration, and substantial tariffs on key US trading partners, he declared an “energy emergency” on his first day in office.
