The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28), the United Nations’ annual climate conference, is set to take place from November 30 to December 12, 2023, in Dubai.
Experts from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA will be on the ground at COP28 and are available for interviews on a variety of climate and energy issues.
For additional details or to coordinate interviews with our experts, please email [email protected].
Our experts include:
- Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy; Former Special Assistant to President Barack Obama and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change on the Staff of the National Security Council
- Areas of Expertise: Geopolitics, Energy Security, Climate Change
- Melissa Lott, Senior Director of Research, Center on Global Energy Policy; Member of the United Nations Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET)
- Areas of Expertise: Climate Change, Energy and Public Health, Power Sector
- David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy; Former Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy
- Areas of Expertise: China, Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence, Carbon Removal, History of COP
- Chris Bataille, Adjunct Research Fellow; Lead Author for the Industry Chapter of the 6th Cycle of the IPCC Assessment Report 2019-2022
- Areas of Expertise: Industrial Decarbonization
- Kaushik Deb, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy; Previously led the Markets and Industrial Development Program at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh
- Areas of Expertise: Energy Markets, India, Middle East & North Africa Region
- Gautam Jain, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy
- Areas of Expertise: Finance & Economics, Energy for Development, Energy Markets, India
- Andrew Kamau, Managing Director of International Programs, Energy Opportunity Lab, Center on Global Energy Policy; Former Principal Secretary for Petroleum and Mining in Kenya
- Areas of Expertise: Energy for Development, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Robin Mills, Non-Resident Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, CEO of Qamar Energy
- Areas of Expertise: Energy Policy, Oil, Natural Gas, Geopolitics, Middle East
- Sagatom Saha, Adjunct Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy; Former Special Advisor to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
- Areas of Expertise: Geopolitics, Trade, Cleantech Competitiveness
- Christof Rühl, Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy; Former Global Head of Research at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
- Areas of Expertise: Oil, Energy Markets
- Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy;
- Areas of Expertise: Geopolitics, Middle East
