Trump, China and 300 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
As the US powers ahead with its plans to recover Latin America’s ‘oil El Dorado’, we explore Venezuela’s environmental and geopolitical outlook
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Past Event
April 4, 2017
5:30 am - 7:00 am
The Center on Global Energy Policy is honored to host a conversation with European Commission Vice-President Maro? ?ef?ovi?. The discussion will be broad ranging and will touch on a number of topics including: The geopolitical context of Russia, LNG, and energy security The European Commission’s focus on energy transition in Africa Climate change and the European Union’s relationship with the United States Distinguished experts joining VP ?ef?ovi? on the panel include: Natasha Udensiva, Managing Partner at Eurasia Energy Associates and Lecturer in International Affairs at the School of International Affairs and Public Policy Jonathan Elkind, Fellow and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy Vijay Modi, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Tim Boersma, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy Registration is required. This event is open to press. Please direct media inquiries to Jamie Shellenberger-Bessmann ([email protected]) It will be livestreamed at energypolicy.columbia.edu/watch. A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~12 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.
The recent military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores raises several implications for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, geopolitics, and energy markets. Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP), along with Columbia’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), this webinar will analyze the circumstances and impact of their capture and extradition to New York to face narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
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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.