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The US-Israeli war against Iran highlights the Gulf’s dual role as the backbone of global energy supply and a major source of systemic risk.
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Energy abundance means different things in today’s global context than it did even a decade ago. It is about expanding electricity access while meeting rising energy demand. It...
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Past Event
September 2, 2014
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a discussion on the state of the energy sector with Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Van Beurden will deliver a keynote speech followed by an on-stage conversation with Dr. Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS and Founder, Cambridge Energy Research Associates. Center Director Jason Bordoff will then moderate a panel on Future Trends in Energy Geopolitics. Confirmed participants include Carlos Pascual, Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy and former Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs, U.S. State Department; Mona Sutphen, Partner, Macro Advisory Partners and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy; and Dr. Daniel Yergin.
More than a month into the Iran conflict, the United States and Iran are at a critical inflection point.
This roundtable is open only to currently enrolled Columbia University students. To register, you must sign in with your UNI. The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at...
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran, resulting in the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei and senior Iranian leaders...
The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA and the Fashion, Energy, and Climate Network invite you to join the first session of our new talk...
On March 20, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed significant changes to New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), the landmark climate law passed in 2019.
In January 2026, the UK government publicly released an intelligence report analyzing the security implications of global environmental destruction.
