Kuwait looks to the cloud as power grid feels the strain
Kuwait has invited bids to construct three power substations that will supply electricity to Google Cloud data storage centres
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July 23, 2018
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LOCATION: National Press Club – Hallman Lounge 529 14th St NW Washington, DC 20045 On behalf of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and the Niskanen Center, please join us for an event with Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) to discuss the Market Choice Act, legislation he will introduce that day. After a 1-1 conversation between Congressman Curbelo and Jason Bordoff, Founding Director of the Center on Global Energy Policy, we will move to a panel conversation on the energy, economic and emissions effects of the Congressman’s proposal and carbon pricing more broadly. Our distinguished panelists will include: • Noah Kaufman, Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy • Nat Keohane, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund • Lynne Scarlet, Co Chief External Affairs Officer, The Nature Conservancy • Jessica Hogle, Senior Director, Federal Affairs, PG&E Corporation • Moderator: Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy, Niskanen Center Registration is required for in person participation.
The Columbia Global Energy Summit 2026 is an annual event dedicated to thought-provoking discussions around the critical energy and climate challenges facing the global community.
This event is open to Columbia University students only. Join the Center on Global Energy Policy’s Women in Energy initiative for an interactive discussion on human rights and...
*Registration is closed for this event. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites...
While various efforts continue to be made to estimate fashion’s environmental footprint, major gaps remain in how to decarbonize material production and reshape business practices.
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
On November 6, 2025, in the lead-up to the annual UN Conference of the Parties (COP30), the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA convened a roundtable on project-based carbon credit markets (PCCMs) in São Paulo, Brazil—a country that both hosted this year’s COP and is well-positioned to shape the next phase of global carbon markets by leveraging its experience in nature-based solutions.
Connecticut needs an honest debate, and fresh thinking, to shape a climate strategy fit for today, not 2022.