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COP30 and Beyond: The Implications of a New Era of Discord in Global Climate Politics
As diplomats meet in Brazil for COP30, global resolve to tackle the climate challenge appears badly frayed.
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World Energy Outlook 2025: Navigating Divergent Futures
Around the globe, and here in the United States, energy markets face huge uncertainties. They include everything from rising geopolitical tensions to a wave of new liquefied natural...
Events
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November 19, 2025
• 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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The Sustainable Data Centers Roadmap
In this Roadmap presentation, coauthors examine data centers' energy use, strategies for improving data centers' energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions from data centers, strategies for using data centers...
Event
A conversation between André Corrêa do Lago, Incoming President of COP30; and Jason Bordoff, CGEP Founding Director
During New York Climate Week, join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA and the Government of Brazil for conversations with high-level international policymakers and stakeholders on challenges and opportunities at the intersection of climate and trade and ways to bridge gaps and foster collaborative approaches. Program highlights include:
During New York Climate Week, join the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia SIPA and the Government of Brazil for conversations with high-level international policymakers and stakeholders on challenges and opportunities at the intersection of climate and trade and ways to bridge gaps and foster collaborative approaches. Program highlights include:
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At COP30 in Belém, Brazil will launch the Integrated Forum on Climate Change and Trade, a three-year interdisciplinary dialogue among interested governments to find avenues for collaboration at the trade and climate nexus and enable ambitious climate action. For the past year, CGEP has led an International Dialogue on Climate and Trade to help build common ground for cooperative solutions. The event will highlight key developments and perspectives on the climate-trade front and ways these initiatives can point toward cooperative solutions.
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COP30 and Beyond: The Implications of a New Era of Discord in Global Climate Politics
As diplomats meet in Brazil for COP30, global resolve to tackle the climate challenge appears badly frayed.
Transforming Fashion’s Footprint: Business Models and Innovation for Circularity and Clean Energy
The fashion industry sits at the intersection of climate, energy, and consumption, facing growing pressure to cut emissions, transition to clean energy, and build circular systems across global supply chains.
Summaries
by Sally Qiu • November 06, 2025
Climate Leadership Opportunities for Brazil at COP30
As the host of COP30, Brazil has an unprecedented platform to demonstrate its climate leadership.
Blog
by Gautam Jain, Shubham Deshmukh, Luisa Palacios, Victoria Barreto Vieira do Prado & Preetha Jenarthan • November 3, 2025
