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G7 Progress on Critical Minerals Diversification Overlooks Demand Side
This Energy Explained post represents the research and views of the author(s). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center on Global Energy Policy. The piece...
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Michael Cembalest Does the Math on the Energy Transition
The energy transition is in the midst of its own transition. Spiking electricity demand and geopolitical events are driving up energy prices, while debates over the best sources...
Events
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June 25, 2026
• 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
est
The Cost of Power: Rising Electricity Prices, AI, and the Grid
This event will take place in-person in Washington DC, at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168 (Gold Room). Advance registration is required. Announcing New Columbia University Publications...
Event
• Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2168 (Gold Room)
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
This week we welcome the Center’s Inaugural Fellow, David Sandalow, for a discussion on the new steps the US and China are taking to fight global warming and what those steps mean for the world.
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Michael Cembalest Does the Math on the Energy Transition
The energy transition is in the midst of its own transition. Spiking electricity demand and geopolitical events are driving up energy prices, while debates over the best sources...
Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer on the US-Iran Deal, Hormuz Realities, and Iran’s Nuclear Future
Yesterday, the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding starting the clock on a 60-day truce. The agreement intends to halt attacks, begin lifting the US naval...
Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
• June 18, 2026
Iran Conflict Brief: The US-Iran Deal and a New Phase of Accommodation
The 109-day-old Iran crisis is heading toward an off-ramp in the form of a not-yet-public Memorandum of Understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. While energy markets are...
Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
with Karen E. Young
, Richard Nephew
and Ira Joseph
• June 16, 2026
Jessica Uhl on the Fractured Energy Transition: Why Speed Matters Now
The clean energy transition had real momentum at the end of 2024. It was buoyed by federal support, billions of dollars of investment in new technologies, and broad...
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G7 Progress on Critical Minerals Diversification Overlooks Demand Side
This Energy Explained post represents the research and views of the author(s). It does not necessarily represent the views of the Center on Global Energy Policy. The piece...
