Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
January 12, 2021

Reporters' Notebook: New Year, New Policy in U.S.

Host Bill Loveless turns to two of the most experienced reporters covering energy and climate change: Amy Harder of Axios and Steve Mufson of The Washington Post. 

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Commentary
December 18, 2020

How the US and China Could Renew Cooperation on Climate Change

In a new commentary, Aimee Barnes, Dr. Fan Dai, & Angela Luh take a close look at the Biden-Harris presidential platform with respect to climate action and China.

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
January 05, 2021

What Lies in Store for Climate Policy, Diplomacy in 2021?

In this first edition of Columbia Energy Exchange in 2021, host Bill Loveless is joined by Rachel Kyte, the dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
December 15, 2020

The Forces Shaping the Global Energy Transition

Host Jason Bordoff is joined by Spencer Dale, BP’s group chief economist, to discuss the outlook for the energy sector, the impact of the pandemic on it, BP’s corporate strategy shift, and more.

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Report
December 14, 2020

Building a New Grid without New Legislation: A Path to Revitalizing Federal Transmission Authorities

Together with the NYU School of Law’s Institute for Policy Integrity, this report explains steps the federal government could take to facilitate the development of a future grid that is capable of supporting a reliable, affordable, and increasingly zero-carbon power sector.

Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
December 08, 2020

Climate Policy Under Biden

Host Jason Bordoff is joined by Christy Goldfuss, co-chair of the Climate 21 Project, Senior Vice President for Energy and Environment Policy at the Center for American Progress, and former managing director of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) during the Obama administration. 

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December 16, 2020

Book Talk: Making Climate Policy Work

<p>The Center on Global Energy Policy will host <strong>Dr. Danny Cullenward</strong>, Policy Director at CarbonPlan and lecturer at Stanford Law School, and <strong>Dr. David G. Victor</strong>, Professor of...

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Article
December 03, 2020

The Lancet Countdown 2020: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change

Climate change is a public health issue. The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change published in The Lancet medical journal brings together experts from across the globe to track how climate change is affecting our health, including Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy Dr. Melissa C. Lott who examines the impacts of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector.

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Op-ed
December 04, 2020

How Biden’s Climate Plans Will Shake Up Global Energy Markets

In his latest column in Foreign Policy, Jason Bordoff examines what Biden's making climate change a top national security priority will mean for global energy markets and how the use of foreign policy tools—in areas as diverse as international trade, development assistance, multilateral finance, nonproliferation, and diplomacy—can give a boost to clean energy and U.S. firms and technologies.

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Commentary
December 03, 2020

Output-Based Rebates: An Alternative to Border Carbon Adjustments for Preserving US Competitiveness

Noah Kaufman, John Larsen, Ben King, and Peter Marsters reintroduce output-based rebates as an alternative to border carbon adjustment, analyze US industries that could be compensated with OBRs, and estimate the costs of doing so.

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