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Energy Explained
Get the latest as our experts share their insights on global energy policy.
Beyond Tariffs: Coercive US Trade Deals and Southeast Asia’s Clean Energy Future
Two trade agreements recently negotiated by the Trump administration contain novel and coercive provisions with little precedent in US trade policy or the global trade system.
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Emmanuel Lagarrigue on Climate Investing Today
Investment in clean energy technologies is on course to hit a record $2.2 trillion this year, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s more than twice the amount...
Events
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January 28, 2026
• 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
est
Powering Data Centers: Nuclear Energy and Emerging Careers
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative and Accenture invite you to join us for an evening of conversation and networking...
Event
• Accenture – One Manhattan West
395 9th Ave, New York
395 9th Ave, New York
Guest
Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez
Former Mexican Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition
Mexico’s last President, Enrique Peña Nieto, put the country through a series of energy reforms that effectively opened up the Mexican energy market to private and foreign investment for the first time in 75 years.
But the current Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, wants to restore some of the power the state had before those reforms.
The question now is whether the state will succeed in regaining a dominant position in Mexico’s energy sector once again, or whether international markets continue to play a relevant role.
For a conversation on the future of Mexico’s energy markets, host Jason Bordoff spoke with former Mexican Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition, Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez.
Beltrán is a member of the Boards of Sustainable Energy for All, Fundacion Por México and the World Economic Forum’s Project in Partnership to Accelerate Sustainable Energy Innovation. He’s also a visiting fellow with the Columbia University Center On Global Energy Policy.
More Episodes
Emmanuel Lagarrigue on Climate Investing Today
Investment in clean energy technologies is on course to hit a record $2.2 trillion this year, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s more than twice the amount...
Amy Harder on Climate and Energy Reporting
The national conversation around climate change is shifting. There’s more focus on energy affordability and demand, as well as on the dual role artificial intelligence plays as both...
In a Charged Environment, FERC Faces Demands for Energy
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulates the United States’ energy transmission, pipeline networks, and wholesale rates for electricity. For much of its history, FERC was a little-known...
World Energy Outlook 2025: Navigating Divergent Futures
Around the globe, and here in the United States, energy markets face huge uncertainties. They include everything from rising geopolitical tensions to a wave of new liquefied natural...
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Publications
Regulatory Progress for Project-Based Carbon Credit Markets: Pre-COP30 Roundtable Summary
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.
Summaries
by Gautam Jain, Preetha Jenarthan, Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado + 3 more • December 04, 2025
Opinion: Time for CT to rethink its climate strategy
Connecticut needs an honest debate, and fresh thinking, to shape a climate strategy fit for today, not 2022.
Climate Ambition and Electricity Affordability: Lessons from Connecticut
Reports
by Noah Kaufman • November 20, 2025
COP30 and Beyond: The Implications of a New Era of Discord in Global Climate Politics
As diplomats meet in Brazil for COP30, global resolve to tackle the climate challenge appears badly frayed.
