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What the Global Electric Vehicle Market Signals for US Automakers and Policymakers

Commentary by Pierpaolo Cazzola • November 24, 2025

US-China Trade Tensions and Clean Energy Investment in Third Countries: Implications for US Policymakers

The global clean energy economy today looks starkly different than it did even 10 years ago. Not only have production and deployment of clean energy technologies expanded significantly, the geographic distribution of clean energy manufacturers, resellers, and end-users has shifted dramatically.

Commentary by Trevor Sutton, Sally Qiu & Evelyne Williams • October 30, 2025

US-China Trade Tensions and Clean Energy Investment in Third Countries: Implications for US Policymakers

Trade Policy

Practical Gaps in the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework

On April 11, 2025, parties to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) provisionally endorsed what could become the first binding global carbon pricing mechanism adopted under international law.

Commentary by Evelyne Williams & Trevor Sutton • October 14, 2025

Practical Gaps in the International Maritime Organization’s Net-Zero Framework

Nuclear Energy

WIPP Lessons for State and Local Officials Considering Hosting a Nuclear Waste Repository

Commentary by Matt Bowen, Hamna Khan & Rama T. Ponangi • September 16, 2025

Finance & Economics

How to Fully Operationalize Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

A key component of the Paris Agreement is Article 6, which introduces a framework to facilitate voluntary cooperation between―primarily using carbon credit trading―to help achieve their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) more cost-effectively.

Commentary by Gautam Jain & Shubham Deshmukh • September 11, 2025

How to Fully Operationalize Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

Natural Gas

How Qatar’s LNG Decisions Will Impact an Oversupplied Global Market

Qatar is entering the world's next LNG expansion phase with a large share of uncontracted supply, and how it will navigate this phase is the central uncertainty in the LNG market.

Commentary by Ira Joseph & Anne-Sophie Corbeau • September 08, 2025

How Qatar’s LNG Decisions Will Impact an Oversupplied Global Market

Energy for Development

Africa’s Energy PPPs Succeed When Planning, Policy, and Public Interest Are Prioritized

Africa’s energy infrastructure is at a crossroads. Energy infrastructure remains a critical priority across the continent amid severe energy shortages

Commentary by Andrew Kamau, Vivek Shastry & Sacha Rongé • May 16, 2025

Africa’s Energy PPPs Succeed When Planning, Policy, and Public Interest Are Prioritized

Energy Justice

Realizing the Potential of Just Energy Transition Partnerships in the Current Geopolitical Environment

The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) framework[1] was designed to help accelerate the energy transition in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) while embedding socioeconomic[2] considerations into its planning and implementation.

Commentary by Gautam Jain & Ganis Bustami • March 03, 2025

Realizing the Potential of Just Energy Transition Partnerships in the Current Geopolitical Environment

Nuclear Energy

How the Energy Secretary Can Achieve His Goal of Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Deployment

Commentary by Matt Bowen • February 25, 2025

Critical Minerals

With or Without Tax Credits, a US-Indonesia Critical Minerals Agreement Could Raise Environmental Standards and Diversify Supply

This commentary addresses the importance of Indonesian nickel supply to US climate goals, and why a US-Indonesia critical minerals agreement could be beneficial for both countries.

Commentary by Tom Moerenhout • November 21, 2024

Critical Minerals

Strengthening the US EV Battery Recycling Industry to Onshore Critical Material Supply

The Biden administration has stressed that building domestic electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling capacity is necessary to achieve critical material supply chain resilience and to meet the US energy transition goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Commentary by Lewis (Zhaoyu) Wu & Tom Moerenhout • October 03, 2024

Strengthening the US EV Battery Recycling Industry to Onshore Critical Material Supply

Finance & Economics

Thematic Bonds Can Help Increase Investment in Responsible Mining of Critical Minerals

Without an increase in the supply of critical minerals, there is no pathway to meet the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C temperature rise limit, as they are essential components of many clean energy technologies ranging from solar panels to wind turbines to electric vehicles and storage batteries.

Commentary by Gautam Jain, Tom Moerenhout & Preetha Jenarthan • September 23, 2024

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