Trump team pushes for ouster of top IEA official
The administration and its Republican allies in Congress say the International Energy Agency discourages fossil fuel investments around the world.
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October 1, 2015
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) for a conversation on China’s Energy Future with Zhang Guobao, former Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission and former Director of the National Energy Administration of China.
Following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s historic visit to the United States, CGEP Inaugural Fellow David Sandalow will moderate a conversation with Mr. Zhang focusing on Chinese energy policies and how the US and China can work together to promote their shared energy and climate goals. Topics include coal, natural gas, nuclear power, renewables and energy efficiency.
Registration is required. This event is open to press. It will also be livestreamed at: energypolicy.columbia.edu/watch
A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~3 to 5 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.
For more information contact: [email protected]
As the Israel-Iran conflict continues to unfold, it remains unclear whether a ceasefire will hold or fighting will resume. This uncertainty carries significant implications for energy markets in the Middle East and around the world.
On the night of June 12, the Israeli military conducted widespread strikes on sites in Iran that targeted the country’s nuclear program and its senior military leadership.
On May 23, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders that aim to reform the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, streamline National Laboratory processes for reactor testing, advance...
The relationship between the US and Canada, each of which is the other’s principal source of imported energy, has become increasingly fraught in recent months. Canada and the...
The Climate Finance (CliF) Vulnerability Index is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of climate vulnerability for nation states in order to improve the targeting and provision of climate change adaptation financing.
Energy abundance isn't a climate strategy—it delays clean energy progress, harms global cooperation, and repeats past policy mistakes.