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Six Key Issues That Defined Climate Week 2025
CGEP scholars reflect on some of the standout issues of the day during this year's Climate Week
Blog
by Erica Downs, Dave Turk, Kate Guy, Gautam Jain, Luisa Palacios, David Sandalow, Vivek Shastry & Jack Andreasen Cavanaugh • October 10, 2025
Podcasts
Hear in-depth conversations with the world’s top energy and climate leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society.
Building a New Energy Industrial Strategy
Industrial policy, supply chain security, and economic competitiveness are central to how we think about clean energy deployment. As the Trump administration pulls back federal support for the...
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Join us for a virtual information session focused on career pathways at the United Nations.
Event
Podcast
What’s Next for the Paris Climate Agreement?
April 30, 2016
In April 2016, the Center on Global Energy Policy brought together senior energy and climate leaders to discuss pressing issues at the intersection of energy policy, financial markets, the environment and geopolitics for the 2016 Columbia Global Energy Summit.
This panel focused on the follow-up to the Paris climate agreement and how businesses can adapt their business models. Participants included: Carlos Pascual, former US Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs, US Department of State; William Reilly, Senior Advisor, TPG and former US EPA Administrator; Todd Stern, former US Special Envoy for Climate Change, US Department of State; and, Laurence Tubiana, Special Representative for the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, French Minister of Foreign Affairs. The session was moderated by David Sandalow, the Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy.
Event website: http://energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-calendar/2016-columbia-global-energy-summit
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Turning the Page: Reintegrating States After Sanctions
CGEP program director, Richard Nephew moderates a panel discussion on post-sanctioned jurisdiction, examining the decision to remove sanctions against Myanmar, Cuba, and Iran, and exploring ways in which sanctions...
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