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Past Event
January 27, 2023
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
This roundtable is open only to currently-enrolled Columbia University students.
Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs for a student-only lunch and roundtable discussion with Mr. Eric Garcetti, former Mayor of Los Angeles.
Mr. Garcetti will discuss his career history and current work. Following introductions, we will move into an open conversation. Lunch will be provided.
Biography
Eric Garcetti is an academic, public servant, and human rights activist. As Mayor of Los Angeles from 2013-2022, Garcetti championed groundbreaking work to confront the climate crisis and to address inequity, authoring LA’s Green New Deal and leading the Cities Race to Zero, a commitment of more than 1,000 global cities to a zero carbon future that was the world’s largest non-national government commitment at the UN COP26. Honored as Public Official of the Year by Governing, Garcetti graduated from Columbia College and SIPA and studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and the London School of Economics.
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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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
