Clean Electricity Grants and Penalties: What ‘CEPP’ Does and How its Design Can Be Improved | Q&A with Dr. Harrison Fell and Dr. James Glynn
Research
Interview
September 20, 2021

Clean Electricity Grants and Penalties: What ‘CEPP’ Does and How its Design Can Be Improved | Q&A with Dr. Harrison Fell and Dr. James Glynn

Dr. Harrison Fell and Dr. James Glynn answered questions related to the general structure of the Clean Electricity Performance Program and some potential incentive misalignment issues along with recommendations for correcting them.

Event
October 04, 2021

How Best to Utilize Existing Energy Infrastructure in A Net-Zero Future

Building energy infrastructure can be a time-consuming and costly process. As an alternative, researchers and engineers have looked into ways to adjust and adapt existing infrastructure to help minimize costs and help accelerate the speed of the...

Event
September 23, 2021

Climate Week NYC | The Road Ahead for the Electric Vehicle Market: Priorities, Challenges, and Insights


The Climate Group has selected the Columbia Climate School as its university partner for this year’s Climate Week...

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
September 14, 2021

A Major Milestone For Direct-Air CO2 Capture

The world’s biggest carbon capture and storage machine launched last week in Iceland. It’s called Orca. According to Swiss startup Climeworks, the company which built the plant, it will capture 4,000 metric tons of...

Research
Interview
September 14, 2021

Africa’s Call for Climate Change Adaption: Heeding Warnings from the IPCC Report in Advance of COP26 | Q&A with Dr. Harry Verhoeven

Dr. Harry Verhoeven is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, focusing on the political economy of climate change, international relations and the linkages between water, energy and food security. His regional focus is on Africa, the Middle East and the Western Indian Ocean.

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
September 08, 2021

The Future Of Mexico’s Energy Transition

Host Jason Bordoff spoke with former Mexican Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition, Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez.

Oil Intensity: The Curiously Steady Decline of Oil in GDP
Research
Report
September 09, 2021

Oil Intensity: The Curiously Steady Decline of Oil in GDP

This report looks at oil intensity and its curiously consistent downward progress. The authors explain the trend and cross-validate its predictive potential before delving into possible reasons behind the linear decline in oil intensity. It finally extrapolates what such a continuing trend might mean for oil consumption and policies around it going forward.

Event
September 20, 2021

Climate Week NYC | China, the US and Climate Diplomacy: A Conversation with Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Event
September 14, 2021

African Perspectives on Climate and Climate Politics -- Africa and Global Climate Diplomacy: Priorities, Lessons Learned, Pathways Forward

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
August 31, 2021

“United We Are Unstoppable”

Host Bill Loveless interviewed Akshat Rathi, the editor of "United We Are Unstoppable," a collection of essays by 60 young people about their determination to save the world from climate change.

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