How This Historic Oil Disruption Could Reshape the Global Energy Markets
Iran, Strait of Hormuz, oil prices, solar energy, wind power, energy transition, China, renewables, global markets, energy security
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Op-eds & Essays by Tim Boersma • April 26, 2017
Senior research scholar Tim Boersma writes about the importance of energy agreement in de Volkstrant.
In January 2026, the UK government publicly released an intelligence report analyzing the security implications of global environmental destruction.
Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
On November 6, 2025, in the lead-up to the annual UN Conference of the Parties (COP30), the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University SIPA convened a roundtable on project-based carbon credit markets (PCCMs) in São Paulo, Brazil—a country that both hosted this year’s COP and is well-positioned to shape the next phase of global carbon markets by leveraging its experience in nature-based solutions.
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Op-eds & Essays by Tim Boersma • April 26, 2017