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The US and China: Not Number One
December 21, 2020 | Shining Tan, Scott Kennedy
From Trustee China Hand

It is almost universally believed that the United States and China are locked in a strategic competition of epic proportions. But in many areas of social significance, both the US and China are not number-one. 

Commentary
The Biden Administration Should Look to a Surprising Source for Climate Policy Inspiration: Australia
December 14, 2020 | Lachlan Carey Australia’s “Technology-Led Approach” shows how climate policy can reach across the aisle and leave a legacy of institutional and technological change. Biden should learn from Australia and forget carbon prices, invest in clean technologies, and build green institutions.

Report
Global Security Forum 2020: A New Era for U.S. Alliances
December 14, 2020 | Emma Bates, Samuel Brannen The 2020 Global Security Forum Report distills insights for alliance strategy from a bipartisan group of 60 experts who assessed 3 hypothetical future scenarios.

Report
Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing the Built Environment
November 30, 2020 | Stephen J. Naimoli In the fifth brief of the Climate Solutions Series, the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program investigates the technologies and policies necessary to deeply decarbonize the buildings sector.

Commentary
The Nature of Agriculture: Why Food Systems Must Be Part of a Solution for People and Planet
November 18, 2020

Agriculture can contribute to climate change, but it can be a part of the solution if we act now to shift how we produce, transport, market, and consume food.

Commentary
A Biden Climate Policy for Agri-Food Systems Must Confound Traditional Policy Categories If It Is Going to Work
November 18, 2020 | Christian Man President-elect Biden could build a coalition around a comprehensive and bipartisan “Green New Plan.” This policy for climate and agri-food systems would have domestic and international applications.

Commentary
Japan Seeks Carbon Neutrality by 2050
November 2, 2020 | Jane Nakano Japan announced a carbon neutrality goal for 2050 and envisions its future as a global clean energy technology leader. While challenges and questions abound, innovation will be key for a successful energy and industrial transformation to meet its climate pledge.

Report
A New Framework for U.S. Leadership on Climate Migration
October 23, 2020 | Erol Yayboke, Janina Staguhn As the impact of climate change on displacement and migration continues to grow, the U.S. must define a new framework for leadership, taking action to slow the effects of climate change, reform its own immigration policies, and lead multilateral efforts.

Commentary
Nine Lessons from the 2020 World Energy Outlook
October 16, 2020 | Nikos Tsafos In its flagship report, the International Energy Agency looked at how Covid-19 will impact the energy sector and global efforts to combat climate. Nikos Tsafos shares his main takeaways from the report.

Commentary
Why Stimulus Today Helps Deficit and Climate Hawks Tomorrow
October 14, 2020 | Lachlan Carey The failure to deliver economic relief during the Covid-19 crisis suggests neither the deficit hawks that opposed further government spending and the climate hawks who thought such relief did not go far enough have learned the lessons of the 2009 stimulus.

Commentary
Don’t Let China Greenwash Its Belt and Road
October 8, 2020 | Jonathan E. Hillman Xi Jinping's promise of carbon neutrality by 2060 will amount to little if the Belt and Road Initiative continues exporting China’s environmental challenges globally. China’s poor environmental record abroad presents a strategic opportunity for the United States to seize.

Report
Climate Solutions Series: Decarbonizing Heavy Industry
October 5, 2020 | Stephen J. Naimoli, Sarah Ladislaw In the fourth brief of the Climate Solutions Series, the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program investigates the technologies and policies necessary to deeply decarbonize heavy industries such as cement, chemicals, and steel.

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