Columbia | SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy

In a new commentary, Richard Kauffman and David Sandalow propose four principles to guide state governments in spending limited funds to promote clean energy and discusses recent programs that applied those principles in New York State.

Richard Nephew examines the Trump administration's decision to pursue the reimposition, or snapback, of UN Security Council sanctions against Iran.

In a new commentary, Anders Hove examines China’s recent energy policy announcements and their implications for the 14th Five-Year Plan, which will set energy policy for the period from 2021–2025.

A new commentary from Center on Global Energy Policy senior research scholar Jonathan Elkind and co-author Damian Bednarz, surveys the challenges facing EU climate policy in 2020, as the bloc seeks both to chart a course to midcentury decarbonization and to respond to a pandemic that has paralyzed economies and upended lives across Europe.

In a new commentary, Richard Nephew examines the effectiveness of the sanctions put in place against Venezuela.

A federal government response that meets the scale and scope of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 is key to regaining momentum for transformational climate policy in the United States

In a new commentary, Matt Bowen explores the important role nuclear energy can play in lowering greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst potential outcomes of climate change.

In a new commentary, Kevin Tu describes the evolution of the Chinese energy economy and assesses COVID-19’s impacts on the Chinese energy sector.

In a new commentary, Richard Nephew examines the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chains and sanctions, exploring how efforts to deglobalize supply chains will have important effects on global economic statecraft. 

In a new commentary, Senior Research Scholar Erin Blanton explores the impacts of coronavirus on LNG investment and near- and longer-term fundamentals.